Verbs | |||||||
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| to yank out | echar a alguien (a la calle) | ||||||
| to chase so. out | echar a alguien | ||||||
| to evict so. | evicted, evicted | | echar a alguien | ||||||
| to send so. packing | echar a alguien | ||||||
| to banish so. | banished, banished | | echar a alguien de algo | ||||||
| to pour | poured, poured | | echar - líquido | ||||||
| to eject so. | ejected, ejected | - dismiss | echar a alguien | ||||||
| to turn so. out (of sth.) | turned, turned | - force to leave | echar a alguien | ||||||
| to lay so. off | echar a alguien - trabajo | ||||||
| to fire so. | fired, fired | - sack so. | echar a alguien - de un empleo | ||||||
| to dismiss so. | dismissed, dismissed | - end job, send away | echar a alguien - trabajo | ||||||
| to expel so. (from somewhere) | expelled, expelled | - country, organization, school, etc. | echar a alguien de algo - de un país, una organización o un colegio | ||||||
| to kick so. out [coll.] | echar a alguien | ||||||
| to chug sth. (down) | chugged, chugged | [coll.] (Amer.) | echar (desde) algo - altura | ||||||
Adjectives / Adverbs | |||||||
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| smoky or: smokey adj. - with smoke | que echa humo | ||||||
| marred adj. | echado(-a) a perder | ||||||
| plucky adj. | echado(-a) para adelante [coll.] - valiente | ||||||
| venturesome adj. | echado(-a) para adelante [coll.] - valiente | ||||||
| gritty adj. - courageous | echado(-a) para adelante [coll.] - valiente | ||||||
| gutsy [coll.] adj. - having courage | echado(-a) para adelante [coll.] - valiente | ||||||
| venturous adj. archaic | echado(-a) para adelante [coll.] - valiente | ||||||
Phrases / Collocations | |||||||
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| to get to grips with sth. [fig.] - begin to deal with | echarle (un par de) cojones a algo [fig.] [vulg.] | ||||||
| to get to grips with sth. [fig.] - begin to deal with | echarle (un par de) huevos a algo [fig.] [vulgar] | ||||||
| to launch into sth. | launched, launched | | echarle un par de cojones a algo [fig.] [vulg.] | ||||||
| to tackle sth. | tackled, tackled | | echarle un par de cojones a algo [fig.] [vulg.] | ||||||
| to launch into sth. | launched, launched | | echarle un par de huevos a algo [fig.] [vulgar] | ||||||
| to tackle sth. | tackled, tackled | | echarle un par de huevos a algo [fig.] [vulgar] | ||||||
| to embark on (or: upon) sth. | embarked, embarked | - start doing sth. | echarle un par de cojones a algo [fig.] [vulg.] | ||||||
| to seize sth. | seized, seized | - take an opportunity eagerly | echarle un par de cojones a algo [fig.] [vulg.] | ||||||
| to embark on (or: upon) sth. | embarked, embarked | - start doing sth. | echarle un par de huevos a algo [fig.] [vulgar] | ||||||
| to seize sth. | seized, seized | - take an opportunity eagerly | echarle un par de huevos a algo [fig.] [vulgar] | ||||||
| to show off | echarle mucha crema a los tacos [coll.] [fig.] (Lat. Am.: Méx.) | ||||||
| to help so. | helped, helped | | echar una mano a alguien [fig.] | ||||||
| to swear | swore, sworn | - use rude words | echar pestes | ||||||
| to add fuel to the fire [fig.] | echar leña al fuego [fig.] | ||||||
Examples | |||||||
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| Can you give me change? I can't put coins in the machine because I only have a €100 banknote. | ¿Puedes darme cambio? No puedo echar monedas a la máquina porque solo tengo un billete de 100€. | ||||||
| I feel very sorry for their situation. He has just lost his job and his landlord is kicking him out of the flat. | Me da mucha pena su situación. Acaba de perder el trabajo y su casero le echa del piso. | ||||||
| She assumes her drink was spiked with drugs because she hardly remembers anything about that night. | Supone que le echaron algo a su copa porque no recuerda apenas nada de aquella noche. | ||||||
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