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echar la soga tras el caldero
verb
to throw it all away, to give up
echar la tijera
verb
To make cuts
echar las campanas al vuelo
verb
to go wild; celebrate
echar las cartas
verb
to read someone's fortune (using cards, for example tarot cards)
echar las muelas
verb
to be hopping mad; to be in a massive rage
echar leña al fuego
verb
to add fuel to the fire, to pour gasoline on the fire
echar los dientes
verb
to teethe; to cut one's teeth
echar los perros
verb
to come down on
echar mano de
verb
to make use of, put to use
echar papas
verb
to fib
echar pata
verb
to have sex
echar pestes
verb
to rant (at); to talk trash (about)
echar pie a tierra
verb
to dismount; to get off (a horse, vehicle etc.)
echar por tierra
verb
to debunk
echar porras
verb
to cheer on
echar raíces
verb
to settle down; put down roots
echar un cable
verb
to lend a hand
echar un capote
verb
to give a hand; lend a hand
echar un casquete
verb
synonym of echar un polvo
echar un guante
verb
To have a whip-round
echar un palo
verb
to have sex
echar un polvo
verb
have a shag; have a fuck
echar un pulso
verb
arm-wrestle, arm wrestle (to compete in an arm-wrestle); arm-wrestle, arm wrestle (to struggle (with) for dominance)
echar un párrafo
verb
to chew the fat; to chitchat
echar un quiqui
verb
to have a shag
echar un sueño
verb
to have a nap; to grab forty winks
echar un vistazo
verb
to glance, have a look
echar una cana al aire
verb
to let one's hair down
echar una cuerda
verb
to make a rough measurement; to get an idea of the lay of the land
echar una mano
verb
to lend a hand
echar una meada
verb
to take a leak, to take a piss
echar una vista
verb
synonym of echar un vistazo (“to glance, to take a look”)
echarle cojones a algo
verb
to brave something out, to have the guts to do something
echarle ganas
verb
to try hard, to do something enthusiastically, to attempt something eagerly
echarle los calzones
phrase
to flirt (said of a girl)
echarle los perros
phrase
to flirt
echarse a dormir
verb
to fall asleep
echarse al agua
verb
to jump/dive into water; to take a leap of faith, to jump in head-first
echarse al monte
verb
to take to the hills; to go underground
echarse al plato
verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: to serve (on a dish, plate).; to eat, eat up, devour; to consume; to kill someone or something
echarse atrás
verb
to back out; back down
echarse el pollo
verb
to up and leave
echarse la manta
verb
to observe attentively, to pay close attention.
echazón
noun, feminine
jetsam; articles thrown from a ship into the water
echo
noun, masculine
throw
echona
noun, feminine
sickle; scythe
echonería
noun, feminine
boasting, arrogance
ecijano
adjective
of, from or relating to Écija (town in Seville, Spain)
ecijano
noun, masculine
native or inhabitant of Écija (town in Seville, Spain) (usually male)
eckankar
proper noun
Eckankar
eclampsia
noun, feminine
eclampsia
eclecticismo
noun, masculine
eclecticism
eclesial
adjective
ecclesiastical (pertaining to the church)
eclesialmente
adverb
ecclesiastically
eclesiología
noun, feminine
ecclesiology
eclesiológico
adjective
ecclesiological
eclesiásticamente
adverb
ecclesiastically
eclesiástico
adjective
ecclesiastic
eclipsante
adjective
eclipsing
eclipsar
verb
to eclipse; to overshadow, to eclipse, to outshine