echar la soga tras el caldero
Spanish, verb[eˈt͡ʃaɾ la ˈsoɣ̞a t̪ɾas el kal̪ˈd̪eɾo]
echar la soga tras el caldero is a Spanish verb meaning “to throw it all away, to give up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does echar la soga tras el caldero mean in English?
verb
- 1
to throw it all away, to give up
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. Perdida una cosa, echar a perder el resto.
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 la soga tras el caldero
- echo la soga tras el caldero first-person present singular
- eché la soga tras el caldero first-person preterite singular
- echado la soga tras el caldero participle past
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce echar la soga tras el caldero?
- [eˈt͡ʃaɾ la ˈsoɣ̞a t̪ɾas el kal̪ˈd̪eɾo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.