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echar la llave

Spanish, verb/eˌt͡ʃaɾ la ˈʝabe/

echar la llave is a Spanish verb meaning “to lock up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does echar la llave mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to lock up

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of echar la llave

  • echo la llave first-person present singular
  • eché la llave first-person preterite singular
  • echado la llave participle past

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce echar la llave?

  • /eˌt͡ʃaɾ la ˈʝabe/
  • [eˌt͡ʃaɾ la ˈʝa.β̞e]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.