echar

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish echar, from Late Latin iectāre, from Latin iactāre. Doublet of xeitar, which represents the native form in western Asturian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈt͡ʃaɾ/, [eˈt͡ɕaɾ]
• Hyphenation: e‧char

Verb

echar (first-person singular indicative present echo, past participle echáu)

1. to throw
2. to throw out, throw away
3. to emit
4. to get, fetch
5. to lean
6. to put
7. to take (time)
8. to throw up, raise
9. to pour

Conjugation

Conjugation of echar

infinitive		echar
gerund		echando
past participle		m echáu, f echada, n echao, m pl echaos, f pl echaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	echo	eches	echa	echamos	echáis	echen
	imperfect	echaba	echabes	echaba	echábemos, echábamos	echabeis, echabais	echaben
	preterite	eché	echasti, echesti	echó	echemos	echastis, echestis	echaron
	pluperfect	echare, echara	echares, echaras	echare, echara	echáremos, echáramos	echareis, echarais	echaren, echaran
	future	echaré	echarás	echará	echaremos	echaréis	echarán
	conditional	echaría	echaríes	echaría	echaríemos, echaríamos	echaríeis, echaríais	echaríen
subjunctive	present	eche	eches, echas	eche	echemos	echéis	echen, echan
	imperfect	echare, echara	echares, echaras	echare, echara	echáremos, echáramos	echareis, echarais	echaren, echaran
imperative		—	echa	—	—	echái	—

Ladino

Verb

echar (Latin spelling)

1. to throw
2. to put to bed

Derived terms

• echarse

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin iectāre, from Latin iactāre. Doublet of the borrowing jactar. Cognate with Galician xeitar and, more distantly, English jet and jut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [eˈt͡ʃaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: e‧char

Verb

echar (first-person singular present echo, first-person singular preterite eché, past participle echado)

1. (transitive) to throw, toss, cast, jettison (to release an object from one's grasp so that it moves through the air)

   Synonym: tirar

2. (transitive) to pour (to cause to flow in a stream from a container)
3. (transitive) to put in, add
4. (transitive) to let out
5. (transitive) to dump
6. (transitive) to emit, give off, send out
7. (transitive) to kick out, expel, throw out, to send packing (to forcibly remove)
8. (transitive) to expel (to remove from membership)
9. (transitive) to fire, dismiss (to terminate employment)
10. (transitive) to play (to participate in a sport)

    Echamos un partido.

    We're playing a match.

11. (transitive) to sprout (to cause to grow from a seed)
12. (transitive) to take, have (a look at)
13. (transitive) to mail, post (to send through the mail/post)
14. (transitive) to give, bestow (a blessing); to put (a curse) on
15. (transitive) to turn (a key); to slide (a bolt)
16. (intransitive) to start off, begin
17. (reflexive) to throw oneself
18. (reflexive) to lie down (to assume a reclining position)
19. (reflexive) to put on
20. (reflexive) to begin
21. (reflexive, of birds) to sit on eggs
22. (reflexive) to give in, to yield

Conjugation

    Conjugation of echar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			echar
gerund			echando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		echado		echada
		plural		echados		echadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	echo	echastú echásvos	echa	echamos	echáis	echan
	imperfect	echaba	echabas	echaba	echábamos	echabais	echaban
	preterite	eché	echaste	echó	echamos	echasteis	echaron
	future	echaré	echarás	echará	echaremos	echaréis	echarán
	conditional	echaría	echarías	echaría	echaríamos	echaríais	echarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	eche	echestú echésvos2	eche	echemos	echéis	echen
	imperfect (ra)	echara	echaras	echara	echáramos	echarais	echaran
	imperfect (se)	echase	echases	echase	echásemos	echaseis	echasen
	future1	echare	echares	echare	echáremos	echareis	echaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		echatú echávos	eche	echemos	echad	echen
	negative		no eches	no eche	no echemos	no echéis	no echen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of echar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive echar
	dative	echarme	echarte	echarle, echarse	echarnos	echaros	echarles, echarse
	accusative	echarme	echarte	echarlo, echarla, echarse	echarnos	echaros	echarlos, echarlas, echarse
with gerund echando
	dative	echándome	echándote	echándole, echándose	echándonos	echándoos	echándoles, echándose
	accusative	echándome	echándote	echándolo, echándola, echándose	echándonos	echándoos	echándolos, echándolas, echándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative echa
	dative	échame	échate	échale	échanos	not used	échales
	accusative	échame	échate	échalo, échala	échanos	not used	échalos, échalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative echá
	dative	echame	echate	echale	echanos	not used	echales
	accusative	echame	echate	echalo, echala	echanos	not used	echalos, echalas
with formal second-person singular imperative eche
	dative	écheme	not used	échele, échese	échenos	not used	écheles
	accusative	écheme	not used	échelo, échela, échese	échenos	not used	échelos, échelas
with first-person plural imperative echemos
	dative	not used	echémoste	echémosle	echémonos	echémoos	echémosles
	accusative	not used	echémoste	echémoslo, echémosla	echémonos	echémoos	echémoslos, echémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative echad
	dative	echadme	not used	echadle	echadnos	echaos	echadles
	accusative	echadme	not used	echadlo, echadla	echadnos	echaos	echadlos, echadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative echen
	dative	échenme	not used	échenle	échennos	not used	échenles, échense
	accusative	échenme	not used	échenlo, échenla	échennos	not used	échenlos, échenlas, échense

Derived terms

• desechar
• echadero
• echadura
• echar a andar
• echar a la calle
• echar a perder
• echar a suertes
• echar abajo
• echar agua al mar
• echar al agua
• echar balones fuera
• echar carnes
• echar con cajas destempladas
• echar cuentas
• echar de menos
• echar el cierre
• echar el guante
• echar el resto
• echar en cara
• echar en falta
• echar flores
• echar humo
• echar la casa por la ventana
• echar la culpa
• echar la llave
• echar la papilla
• echar la pava
• echar la pota
• echar la soga tras el caldero
• echar las campanas al vuelo
• echar las cartas
• echar las muelas
• echar leña al fuego
• echar los dientes
• echar los perros
• echar mano de
• echar papas
• echar pestes
• echar por tierra
• echar porras
• echar raíces
• echar un cable
• echar un capote
• echar un polvo
• echar un pulso
• echar un quiqui
• echar un vistazo
• echar una cana al aire
• echar una mano
• echar una meada
• echarle ganas
• echarle los calzones
• echarle los perros
• echarse
• echarse a pechos
• echarse a pechos
• echarse al plato
• echarse atrás
• echarse el pollo
• echo
• el verbo echar echa la hache por la ventana

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: itsa

Further reading

• “echar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014