echarse al plato
Spanish
editAlternative forms
edit- echarse (ellipsis)
Verb
editecharse al plato (first-person singular present me echo al plato, first-person singular preterite me eché al plato, past participle echado al plato)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: to serve (on an dish, plate).
- (idiomatic, Mexico) to eat, eat up, devour; to consume
- Ayer me eché cinco quesadillas en la cena.
- Yesterday I ate up five quesadillas.
- (idiomatic, Mexico) to kill someone or something
- Ya se echaron al plato al alcalde.
- Now the mayor was killed.