Uses of Echar and Echarse
There are many uses of
Echar (to throw)
No eches esos documentos a la papelera.
Don’t throw those documents to the wastebasket.
No deberías echar nada por la ventana. Es peligroso.
You shouldn’t throw anything out your window. It is dangerous.
Echar (to pour)
If you are pouring a drink, then you should use the verb
Por favor, no eches más leche al café.
Don’t pour more milk into the coffee, please.
Nos echaron un poco de zumo en un vaso.
They poured us some juice into a glass.
Echar (to add)
For example, if you are cooking and you need to add anything, you should say
¿Has echado suficiente sal al guiso?
Have you added enough salt to the stew?
Isabel siempre echa mantequilla en el pan.
Isabel always adds some butter to her bread.
Echar (to kick out)
If you want to chase out or kick someone out, then you can say the verb
La policía echó a los manifestantes del ayuntamiento.
The police kicked the protesters out of the town hall.
Echaron a Pablo de la discoteca porque llevaba zapatillas.
Pablo was kicked out of the disco because he was wearing trainers.
Echar (to fire)
El director ha decidido echar a veinte trabajadores.
The director has decided to fire twenty employees.
David tiene miedo de que lo echen después del verano.
David is afraid of being fired after summer.
Echar (to play)
When
Mis padres echaron una partida de ajedrez anoche.
My parents played a chess game last night.
Los trabajadores echaron un partido de fútbol el sábado.
The workers played a soccer match on Saturday.
Let’s continue studying the uses of
Echarse (to lie down)
Estoy cansada. Voy a echarme en el sofá.
I am tired. I am going to lie down on the sofa.
El chico se echó en la hierba para escuchar música.
The boy lay down on the grass to listen to music.
Echarse (to move your body)
¿Te puedes echar un poco a la derecha?
Can you move a bit to the right?
No veo nada. Me voy a echar a la izquierda.
I don’t see anything. I am going to move to the left.
Echarse (to put on)
Hace mucho sol. Necesitas echarte crema.
It is very sunny. You need to put on some cream.
Carmen se echó un spray de colores en el pelo.
Carmen put some color spray on her hair.
Echarse a + verb (to start doing)
Diego se echó a reír cuando oyó a su padre cantar.
Diego started laughing when he heard his father singing.
Vi la hora y me eché a correr porque llegaba tarde.
I looked at the time and I started running because I was late.
Exercises
In this article, we have seen some uses of