echar flores

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “to throw flowers”.

Verb

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

1. (idiomatic) to give a posy, to pat on the back

Further reading

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