Spanish Word of the Day: echar

[Sam Wilson]

LiCR,

echar (v) 📢 - to throw or to put, etc.

echar

TRANSITIVE VERB

1.  (= tirar)

[pelota, piedra, dados] to throw

[basura] to throw away

[ancla, red] to cast

[moneda al aire] to toss

[mirada] to cast ⧫ give

[naipe] to deal

2.  (= poner) to put

3.  (= verter) to pour

4.  (= servir)

[bebida] to pour

[comida] to give

5.  (= dejar salir)

6.  (= expulsar)

(de casa, bar, tienda, club) to throw out

(del trabajo) to fire (informal) ⧫ sack (informal)

(de colegio) to expel

7.  (= producir)

[dientes] to cut

[hojas] to sprout

8.  (= cerrar)

9.  (= mover)

a. [parte del cuerpo]

b. (= empujando) to push

10.  (= enviar)

[carta] to post (esp Brit) ⧫ mail (esp US)

11.  (= calcular) to reckon

12.  (= dar)

[discurso] to give ⧫ make

13.  (con sustantivos que implican acciones)

[trago, partida] to have

14.  [tiempo]

15.  (informal) (en cine, televisión) to show

16.  [cimientos] to lay

17.  (Zoology)

ha echado a su perra con un pastor alemán he has mated his bitch with a German shepherd

18.  (Caribbean, Southern Cone) (= azuzar)

[animal] to urge on

INTRANSITIVE VERB

(= tirar)

Verb conjugations for echar

Presentyo echotú echasUd./él/ella echanosotros, -as echamosvosotros, -as echáisUds./ellos/ellas echanFutureyo echarétú echarásUd./él/ella echaránosotros, -as echaremosvosotros, -as echaréisUds./ellos/ellas echaránPreteriteyo echétú echasteUd./él/ella echónosotros, -as echamosvosotros, -as echasteisUds./ellos/ellas echaronImperfectyo echabatú echabasUd./él/ella echabanosotros, -as echábamosvosotros, -as echabaisUds./ellos/ellas echaban

•  Échame las llaves.
  Toss me the keys.  
  
  
• Échalo a la basura.
  Throw it away.
  
  
• Tengo que echar gasolina.
  I need to fill up with gas.
  
  
• ¿Te echo mantequilla en el pan?
  Shall I put some butter on your bread?
  
  
• Échale un poco de azúcar a la mezcla.
  Add a little sugar to the mixture.
  
  
• Échame agua, por favor.
  Could you please pour me some water?
  
  
• Tengo que echar de comer a los animales.
  I have to feed the animals.
  
  
• ¡Qué peste echan tus zapatos!
  Your shoes stink to high heaven!
  
  
• La echaron del trabajo.
  She’s been fired or sacked.
  
  
• Eché la carta en el buzón.
  I mailed the letter.
  
  
• ¿Echamos un café?
  Shall we have a coffee?
  
  
• ¿Echamos un polvo? - ¿Otra vez?
  Why don't we have sex? - Again?
  
  
• Échale un vistazo.
  Check it out.
  
  
• Nos echábamos nuestros buenos ratos de charla.
  We used to spend a lot of time talking.
  
  
• ¿Qué echan en el cine?
  What’s playing at the cinema?
  
  
• Echemos por aquí.
  Let’s go this way.
  
  
• ¡Echa para adelante!
  Lead on!
  

Obviously there's a lot you can do with echar.  It is a very common verb and well worth learning...

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Sam

[Christopher Howard]

Hola Compadritos,

 

Echar la casa por la ventana: To spare no expense

Echarse un polvo: To have sex

Echar a alguien: To murder someone (narco slang)

Echar a alguien: To fire or through someome out of a place

Echar al agua: To snitch on someone

Echar flores: To praise someone

Echarse para atrás: To back down

Echarse un samuel: To look furtively at someone’s private parts

Echarse un pedo: To flatulate

Echar tierra a algo: To hush or forget

Echarse la soga al cuello: To get married or tie the knot

Echar raices: To settle down

Echar carbón: to incite someone

Echar leña al fuego: Similar the last entry

Echarle el guante a alguien: To arrest someone

Echar para el saco: To learn a lesson

Echar una mano: To help or give a hand to someone

Echar patas: To disappear

 

These are all I can remember off the top of my head. There are many more expressions using the verb echar.

 

Christopher Howard

www.liveincostarica.com

www.costaricaspanish.net

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[Christopher Howard]

 

One more just came to mind….Echar el cuento, el caballo, el ruco or los perros: To seduce a woman.

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[Christopher Howard]

una más.....Echar una cana al aire: To have a fling or affair

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[Sam Wilson]

Thanks, Christopher!

Yes, I thought "echar" and its forms would be interesting.  I had heard most of those before, but that one about Samuel had me wondering about how that dicho came into being.  Here's my best guess, which makes all the sense in the world!  jajaja.  With regards to Rembrandt for documenting this moment!  ;-)

In the Bible, Samuel 11:2...  There is a passage about King David getting up one evening, presumably not able to sleep well as he had just sent Joab (his uncle and top commander of the army) out with the soldiers to attack the Ammonites.  Anyway, sleepless in Jerusalem King David wandered up to the palace rooftop, and from there spied a beautiful woman bathing on a nearby rooftop.  As kings were wont to do, he sent messengers over to find out about her.  Turns out she was the famous Bathsheba, wife of one of King David's elite soldiers.  Of course with the soldiers out working and him being the king and all, she slept with the king and became pregnant.  The crafty King David (and craftier Bathsheba?) ended up telling Joab the commander to make sure Bathsheba's husband was on the frontlines, where of course he got killed during an onslaught on a stronghold.  After an appropriate mourning period, King David brought Bathsheba into the palace and made her his wife. She bore him a son, but of course, what King David had done displeased the Lord...

Words of wisdom here:  Jimmy Soul - If You Wanna Be Happy  

And of course, can we call this a classic?  Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah

Throwing all caution to the wind, I've got a beautiful wife... and I'm a generally pretty happy guy!  jajaja.  ¡Hallelujah!

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Sam

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[Tim Lytle]

Well that comes out to a whopping 2,851,852,000 million colones!

I believe this about 2,851,852 BILLION colones unless my numbers are wrong.

Details and source here:  https://www.crhoy.com/nacionales/las-multas-por-la-restriccion-se-traducen-en-cientos-de-millones-que-pasa-con-ese-dinero

Wow!

[Gene French]

Thats a lot of colonies....

[RonCR]

Add to that the additional cost to all the people having to go get their placas back.

I tell my wife that the government is desperate for money and we must be extra careful to keep up with all the new laws. 

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Well that comes out to a whopping 2,851,852,000 million colones!

I believe this about 2,851,852 BILLION colones unless my numbers are wrong.

Details and source here:  https://www.crhoy.com/nacionales/las-multas-por-la-restriccion-se-traducen-en-cientos-de-millones-que-pasa-con-ese-dinero

Wow!

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[Tim RCR]

Hi all

Both my sister and I use these test strips and it is time now to try to locate a source here in Costa Rica who does not have the rip-off price of $1 each.

The best thing would be to order from the United States but now it appears they want some type of an import permit and something from the Department of Health just to get them into the country.

Anybody find a source here in Costa Rica or have you figured out a way to get them into the country at a reasonable price?

Thanks in advance any help would be appreciated. Tim

[Sam Wilson]

Hi Tim,

It might not be too terrible getting the import permit and the permission from the ministerio de salud.  Usually the permiso is only $9 and the import permit might only involve filling out a form and writing a letter... maybe including a doctor's note which should be very easy to get.  I would suggest doing all of that using one of the freight forwarders so you can buy on Amazon and ship to Miami then they take care of everything else (with a little help from you.)

Good luck!

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[RonCR]

I have been waiting for an import permit for 4 months now. The Ministerio de Salud is not issuing them. My customs broker told me that a permit issued to an individual can only be used one time.

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[Tim RCR]

My sister is moving out of washer and dryer, both Searher how's that she has been living in for 14 years. A ton of stuff is for sale. Pots and pans,s Kenmore, a refrigerator, a small stove which she will sell for about 40,000 Colones. I think I have a photo of the stove but at this point I would just as soon hear from anybody in this form by WhatsApp or telegram only. It seems my wife is also planning a house sale Sunday more or less at my place in Cariari Heredia. Also some other stuff like a set of ping golf clubs, and a bunch of Bosson heads. Stereo, speakers, sub woofer high end new. We have a delivery guy who will deliver to you at a cheap price. Or pick it up yourself. Payment will be by cash or SINPE mobile only. I realize this is very last minute and not particularly well organized but I'm sort of brought into this at the end. I'll will be here on Sunday and anyone interested I will send the address and details. You can reach me at 60770494 ONLY via whatsapp or Telegram.

Tim

[Tim RCR]

My sister is moving out of her how's that she has been living in for 14 years. A ton of stuff is for sale. Pots and pans, washer and dryer, both Sears Kenmore, a refrigerator, a small stove which she will sell for about 40,000 Colones. Quality stuff. I think I have a photo of the stove but at this point I would just as soon hear from anybody in this form by WhatsApp or telegram only. It seems my wife is also planning a house sale Sunday more or less at my place in Cariari Heredia. Also some other stuff like a set of men's ping golf clubs, and a bunch of Bosson heads. Stereo, speakers, sub woofer high end new. We have a delivery guy who will deliver to you at a cheap price. Or pick it up yourself. Payment will be by cash or SINPE mobile only. I realize this is very last minute and not particularly well organized but I'm sort of brought into this at the end. I'll will be here on Sunday and anyone interested I will send the address and details. You can reach me at 60770494 ONLY via whatsapp or Telegram.

Tim

If I can find a picture of the stove and post it it will appear I s'pose below this.