echar
Spanish, verb/eˈt͡ʃaɾ/
echar is spelled E-C-H-A-R (5 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,605th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Echar is a Spanish verb meaning “to throw, toss, cast, jettison (to release an object from one's grasp so that it moves through the air)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Impulsar o empujar algo hacia algún lugar”.
What does echar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to throw, toss, cast, jettison (to release an object from one's grasp so that it moves through the air)
Echa los dados.
- 2
to pour (to cause to flow in a stream from a container)
Echó el agua fuera del vaso.
- 3
to put in, add
Yo le echo aceite a la ensalada.
- 4
to let out
Échalo todo.
- 5
to discharge
- 6
to dump
- 7
to emit, give off, send out
Ese animal es extraño. Echa luz cuando se siente atacado.
- 8
to kick out, expel, throw out, to send packing (to forcibly remove)
Me echaron de la fiesta.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Impulsar o empujar algo hacia algún lugar. 2. Emitir algo. 3. Meter o poner algo en un lugar. 4. Expulsar algo o a alguien violentamente o despectivamente.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of echar
- echo first-person present singular
- eché first-person preterite singular
- echado participle past
- echando gerund
- echada feminine participle past
- echados masculine participle past
- echadas feminine participle past
- echas indicative informal present
- echás indicative informal present
- echa indicative present singular
- echamos first-person indicative plural
- echáis indicative plural present
- echan indicative plural present
- echaba first-person imperfect indicative
- echabas imperfect indicative second-person
- echábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- echabais imperfect indicative plural
- echaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce echar?
- /eˈt͡ʃaɾ/
- [eˈt͡ʃaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to echar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is echar in Spanish?
echar appears 32 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).