echar por tierra
Spanish, verb/eˌt͡ʃaɾ poɾ ˈtjera/
echar por tierra is a Spanish verb meaning “to debunk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does echar por tierra mean in English?
verb
- 1
to debunk
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. Arruinar, desbaratar o frustrar un proyecto.
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 por tierra
- echo por tierra first-person present singular
- eché por tierra first-person preterite singular
- echado por tierra participle past
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce echar por tierra?
- /eˌt͡ʃaɾ poɾ ˈtjera/
- [eˌt͡ʃaɾ poɾ ˈt̪je.ra]
- [eˈt͡ʃaɾ poɾ ˈt̪jera]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.