Echar in english

Throw

pronunciation: θroʊ part of speech: verb
In gestures

echar = throw ; toss ; sack ; boot (out) ; send + Nombre + packing ; turf out ; give off ; billow out ; spout ; send away ; kick + Nombre + out of. 

Example: The point to be made for the novice abstractor is that editors are not ghouls who must be thrown raw meat before a check is issued.Example: Everything being online, the exquisite oaken cabinets housing the card files were tossed = Everything being online, the exquisite oaken cabinets housing the card files were tossed.Example: The author warns that shortsighted companies that believe all the information they need is on the Web may sack information professionals.Example: As Hartwick got older, the feds decided he was a major security risk and booted him out of the program.Example: Those who hold this view argued that the state government lacks the political will to send them packing for good.Example: You will be disliked and turfed out as a sacrificial goat once your job is done but there will be many others queuing up for your services.Example: Once the fronds have given off their spores, they die and can be cut back.Example: Nearly everyone has seen a factory's smokestack billowing out black sooty smoke that dirties the air and blackens buildings.Example: The weather cleared enough that we could get in to the volcanic islands (still spouting plumes of smoke) by copter in safety.Example: They sent away from the camp anyone who had an infectious skin disease of any kind.Example: She was kicked out of a fashion show last week after she allegedly showed up intoxicated for her performance.

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» cerrar y echar el cerrojobolt + Nombre + closed [Usado generalmente para puertas y ventanas]bolt + Nombre + shut .

Example: In one scene, while Nancy is being chased by him, she runs into her house, spun around and slammed the door shut and bolted it closed.

Example: When they were in the kitchen, Baylor shut the door leading into the garage and bolted it shut.

» culpa + echar a + Nombreblame + lay + at the feet of + Nombre .

Example: The blame could be laid squarely at the feet of R. Boyce Garschine.

» dejar sin el pestillo echadoleave + Nombre + unlatched .

Example: Engine doors on a British Airways plane in last week's emergency landing at Heathrow were left unlatched during maintenance.

» dejar sin la aldaba echadaleave + Nombre + unlatched .

Example: Engine doors on a British Airways plane in last week's emergency landing at Heathrow were left unlatched during maintenance.

» dejar sin la aldabilla echadaleave + Nombre + unlatched .

Example: Engine doors on a British Airways plane in last week's emergency landing at Heathrow were left unlatched during maintenance.

» echando mano deby resort toby recourse toby resorting to .

Example: It is prohibited to kill or injure an adversary by resort to perfidy.

Example: Access to less frequently consulted periodicals was provided by recourse to electronic document delivery = El acceso a las publicaciones periódicas consultadas con menos frecuencia se hizo posible gracias a la difusión electrónica de documentos.

Example: A safer and more prosperous future requires us to recognize that violent extremism can't be justified by resorting to religion.

» echar a Alguien de un Lugarsend + Nombre + on + Posesivo + way .

Example: If we caught them necking, we'd give them a verbal warning and send them on their way.

» echar a andarimplementleg itget + goingget + crackingget + rollingbe on + Posesivo + waydraw away [Generalmente usado para vehículos]get in(to) + gear .

Example: Without AACR is doubtful whether computerised cataloguing would have been implemented so relatively painlessly and successfully = Sin las RCAA es dudoso que la catalogación automatizada se hubiera implementado tan fácilmente y con tanto éxito, relativamente hablando.

Example: The book 'Legging it' overviews trends in male and female dress from the Middle Ages to the present, concentrating on leg coverings: breeches, trousers, stockings'.

Example: The thorny extradition treaty between India and Nepal has got going again with the governments of the two neighbouring countries reaching an agreement on the revision.

Example: If they get cracking today, a decision won't be ready until Christmas 2014, and that's working non-stop.

Example: Though they've cooled lately, they showed early in the season that they can be a real threat if they get rolling.

Example: This guide will explain how to change the front axle on your car so you can be on your way in no time!.

Example: Their car was just drawing away when the driver was told to hang on a mo.

Example: Nothing like a kick in the ass to get in gear.

» echar abajoknock downbring downfling down .

Example: Your note attempts to knock down an assertion not made.

Example: I've been reading shocking 'reports' for several days now explaining that 'malware brought down a Spanish jet'.

Example: It all begins with a fatal shot that accidentally fires from a pistol flung down during an argument.

» echar a correrboltmake + a bolt fortake off + runningtake to + Posesivo + heelsrun offtear outdo + a runnershow + a clean pair of heels .

Example: These are some of the shots I took before the heavens opened and we bolted for the car.

Example: Most birds, faced with a predator, will make a bolt for safety, even if it means abandoning any eggs or chicks in its nest.

Example: But luckily the animals were all fairly timid and with a holler they would take off running.

Example: When the lad heard it he got frightened, and took to his heels as though he were running a race.

Example: She ran off to take out the appropriate protection order against Mr. Pants, considering his intent to kill her.

Example: He soon found that he was talking to air, as the man suddenly tore out of the shop like his trousers were on fire.

Example: When they lost their jobs and the money dried up, some decided they had no choice but to do a runner.

Example: The performance -- shattering in the 1950's -- is now less impressive, but it can still show a clean pair of heels to most cars on the road.

» echar a la calleevictthrow + Nombre + outshow + Nombre + the door .

Example: This printing press was evicted from its premises in 1984 to make way for a seminar room.

Example: 'Nah,' Kate chuckled, getting his drift, and then said 'I would've just barged in there and dared them to throw me out!' = "No" se rió Kate, entendiendo lo que él quería decir, y después dijo "!Hubiera irrumpido y les hubiese retado a echarme a la calle!".

Example: Just fire her for gross misconduct and show her the door and leave it at that.

» echar a la fuerzaforce + Nombre + out of .

Example: It's illegal for the landlord to shut off the electricity to force a tenant out of the property.

» echar Algo a andarget + Nombre + goingget + Nombre + rolling .

Example: Their tank had broken down and it was some time before they got it going again.

Example: There's a lot of things that need to be sorted out in that program before they get it rolling.

» echar a los leonesthrow + Nombre + to the wolvesthrow + Nombre + to the lionsthrow + Nombre + under the bus .

Example: But all I did was throw her to the wolves and when we met again, all that sweet innocence, that shining beauty, was ruined.

Example: It's a sin to judge a book by its cover -- get to know her before you throw her to the lions.

Example: She feels he has 'thrown her under the bus' by speaking out against her.

» echar al suelofling down .

Example: It all begins with a fatal shot that accidentally fires from a pistol flung down during an argument.

» echar amarrasmoor .

Example: This procedure when mooring a vessel can be hazardous, especially in heavy seas, since a person must walk forward on deck.

» echar anclasdrop + anchor .

Example: At nightfall, drop anchor at any place that catch your fancy and the lullaby of the gentle waves put you to sleep.

» echar a patadaskick + Nombre + out of .

Example: She was kicked out of a fashion show last week after she allegedly showed up intoxicated for her performance.

» echar a patadas de la casakick + Nombre + out (of) the door .

Example: Elsa should have kicked her out the door at first sight, but some part deep inside her wanted Anna to stay.

» echar a perderruinbunglebring out + the worst incast + a blight onblightput + a damper on .

Example: Besides, winding up in an exclusive arrangement with a distributor that has rotten customer service ruins any advantage.

Example: Regrettably, the well-intentioned publication of Devereux's typescript has been incurably bungled, and Rastell remains without either a complete or trustworthy bibliography.

Example: Although there are some bad stepparents in the real world, becoming a stepmother or stepfather does not inevitably bring out the worst in people.

Example: Rampant commercialisation of publishing is casting a blight on literature.

Example: The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.

Example: Heavy and gusty storms will put a damper on the end of the weekend in parts of Texas.

» echar a perder la oportunidad deruin + Posesivo + chances ofblow + Posesivo + chances ofwreck + Posesivo + chances of .

Example: The crash represented Hamilton's second exit in as many races and this may have ruined his chances of winning the title.

Example: Astro well and truly blew his chances of winning the show with his tantrum a couple of weeks ago.

Example: I told her that I thought he was a good president, which seemed to dumbfound her and wrecked my chances of appearing on her show.

» echar a piquescuttletorpedo .

Example: Three bills intended to scuttle affirmative action in California were left in dry dock when the committee refused to pass them.

Example: What advantage lay in torpedoing what were bilateral talks in all but name, just as they had got underway?.

» echar a suertedraw + lotsdraw of lotscast + lots .

Example: Not long ago, for example, the Dalai Lama drew lots to choose the name of his successor.

Example: In case number of applications received is more than the flats available, allotment is made through draw of lots.

Example: Agreeing to cast lots can be described as conditional volunteering, and and if a majority agree, a disinclined minority must either go along or abstain from the benefits.

» echar a un ladopush + Nombre + asidecast + Nombre + aside .

Example: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.

Example: The poor thing had been cast aside and her paramour had not even endeavoured to fight for her = La pobre había sido rechazada y su amante ni incluso se había esforzado por defenderla.

» echar a volartake + flighttake + wing .

Example: The article 'ALA campaign takes flight @ the local level' reports on a five year public education programme sponsored by the American Library Association to promote all types of libraries throughout the USA.

Example: Unfortunately, he did not live long enough to see his company start to blossom -- his vision was only just starting to take wing when he died in 1900.

» echar brotesbudsprout .

Example: Despite below-normal temperatures, nectarines began budding.

Example: Seeds blown by wind or carried by animals germinated and began sprouting green life in the barren area.

» echar cara o cruztoss + heads or tails .

Example: He then decided whether to go to the right or to the left by tossing heads or tails at every street corner.

» echar carnesput on + weightgain + weight .

Example: She can eat like a horse and never put on weight.

Example: Obesity is a well known problem, however some people really want and need to gain weight.

» echar chispasfume [Usado en sentido figurado para indicar enojo]froth at + the mouthfoam at + the mouthfume with + angerfume with + rageseetheseethe with + angerseethe with + ragebe raging mad .

Example: Who has not had occasion to fume at the need to consult a large number of Official journals in order to reconstitute the current text of a particular regulation from all its amendments and corrigenda!.

Example: This luxurious hotel was not a likely setting for union leaders to froth at the mouth over government cutbacks.

Example: All of Washington is foaming at the mouth over the prospect of more pork-barrel spending.

Example: He uses his quirky wit and friendly banter to brighten people's mood when they are feeling low or fuming with anger.

Example: Some people, being excessively liverish, cannot refrain from fuming with rage and shouting abuse when they come across stories of injustice, ignorance and foul play in the newspapers.

Example: But Palestinian Arabs have learned that if they seethe publicly about anything, the world media will take them seriously.

Example: Seething with anger, hundreds of people yesterday came out on the roads waving banners, shouting slogans and waving their fists in the air, demanding justice.

Example: Most Iraqis I speak with nowadays are seething with rage towards the occupiers of their country.

Example: So maybe I'm not raging mad but a bit miffed I would have to admit.

» echar chispas por los ojosglowerscowl (at) .

Example: The whole place pulsates with drama: an aristocratic extravagance with giant statues glowering haughtily from its domed roof.

Example: And their doctors continue to scowl at them like they're irresponsible children or greedy criminals.

» echar cuenta(s) concount onbank on .

Example: Bookstores can no longer count on customers buying books if there is a more attractive entertainment option.

Example: Don't bank on it, there can be bright sunshine, hailstones, drizzle, pouring rain and snowflurries in any given hour of the day.

» echar dethrow + Nombre + out of .

Example: Bouncer who threw girl out of nightclub for having 'manky' feet is found guilty of assaulting her and a friend.

» echar de la carreterarun + Nombre + off the road .

Example: Today, on my way to class to take my final exam a lady almost ran me off the road -- I got pissed, honked my horn and flipped her off.

» echar de la casakick + Nombre + out (of) the doorthrow + Nombre + out (of) the door .

Example: Elsa should have kicked her out the door at first sight, but some part deep inside her wanted Anna to stay.

Example: She alleged Eric picked her up, opened the front door, and threw her out of the door while she was wearing only underwear and a tank top.

» echar de la escuelakick out of + school .

Example: He feels rotten because he has to face his parents and tell them he was kicked out of yet another school.

» echar del trabajogive + Nombre + the bootgive + Nombre + the sackgive + Nombre + the axegive + Nombre + the bouncegive + Nombre + the chopget + the bootget + the axeget + the chop .

Example: He was given the boot for being discovered with a camera taking a photo of hula dancers.

Example: Justin pointed out that the government would not compromise and those found protecting illegal immigrants would be given the sack.

Example: Then she may be very unpleasantly surprised when they finally reach their limit and give her the axe without warning.

Example: Hopefully the producers will do the world a favor and give her the bounce tomorrow.

Example: She must bring some kind of financial gain to the company or else I am sure Vince would have given her the chop a long time ago.

Example: A journalist covering severe floods got the boot after she was caught on camera being carried over puddles by local people to avoid getting her expensive shoes wet.

Example: He got the axe after getting entangled in an expense account scandal tied to sexual harassment allegations.

Example: There won't be a season that goes by without a manager getting the chop after finding himself under pressure, both with fans and the media.

» echar de menosmiss [Tercera persona singular misses]be sickening for .

Example: He had been her assistant since she arrived, and she was going to miss him.

Example: But sometimes you could tell that she was sickening for the sun.

» echar dentro dethrow into .

Example: For those of you who are not familiar with OCLC and the way we work the data base is not a vast receptacle into which we throw any kind of record that anybody wants to put in.

» echar el ancladrop + anchor .

Example: At nightfall, drop anchor at any place that catch your fancy and the lullaby of the gentle waves put you to sleep.

» echar el candadopadlock .

Example: The five captives told last night how they had been blindfolded by armed guards and padlocked in a room for most of a week.

» echar el cenizojinx .

Example: She's afraid of becoming too involved with anyone for fear that she'll 'jinx' them like she 'jinxed' her husband.

» echar el cerrojobolt + Nombre + closed [Usado generalmente para puertas y ventanas]bolt + Nombre + shutslide + the bolt .

Example: In one scene, while Nancy is being chased by him, she runs into her house, spun around and slammed the door shut and bolted it closed.

Example: When they were in the kitchen, Baylor shut the door leading into the garage and bolted it shut.

Example: Once they'd brought the portmanteau and the valise inside, the butler shut the door, and slid the bolt.

» echar el gafejinx .

Example: She's afraid of becoming too involved with anyone for fear that she'll 'jinx' them like she 'jinxed' her husband.

» echar el guantethrow down + the gauntlet .

Example: And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, she added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you' = E, insinuando que le había desafiado, ella añadió: "Puedo ser desagradable. Te lo advierto".

» echar el lazolasso .

Example: An attempted bicycle theft in a supermarket parking lot was foiled by a cattle rancher on horseback, who chased the thief down and lassoed him.

» echar el mal de ojogive + Nombre + the evil eyegive + Nombre + the stink eyeput + the evil eye ongive + Nombre + a dirty lookjinxlay + a whammy on .

Example: Now, generally, if you stare at someone for too long, you may be accused of giving them the evil eye.

Example: You can't choose your family, but you can give them the stink eye and wish they dropped off the face of the earth.

Example: I would also like to know how to put the evil eye on a person as the person in question has contributed in ruining my life and deserves it.

Example: He kept staring so I stared back and then gave him a dirty look and didn't look back.

Example: She's afraid of becoming too involved with anyone for fear that she'll 'jinx' them like she 'jinxed' her husband.

Example: But if you call them by the name of the thing they are impersonating, you can lay a whammy on them.

» echar el pestillolatch .

Example: The hook is bent to provide ease in latching or unlatching the door.

» echar enpour in/into .

Example: The water of the stuff poured into the middle of the cylinder through its wire-mesh cover, and was immediately pumped out from one end leaving a film of fibres on the surface.

» echar en carafaultaccuse .

Example: What I would really like to fault her on is not her views on the role of the federal government but on her simplistic view of the online catalog.

Example: He accused her of lying when they said she was at the movies when she had called in sick.

» echar en faltabe sickening formiss [Tercera persona singular misses] .

Example: But sometimes you could tell that she was sickening for the sun.

Example: He had been her assistant since she arrived, and she was going to miss him.

» echar en marchapull out [Generalmente, usado para vehículos cuando echan en marcha] .

Example: Because of this, a vehicle pulling out in front of you or attempting to change into your lane should be warned with a toot of the horn.

» echar espumafoamfroth .

Example: The hot tub water started to foam and turned yellow.

Example: Thus, one way of improving the frothing capacity of milk is to heat it and cool it before trying to froth it.

» echar espuma por la bocafroth at + the mouthfoam at + the mouth .

Example: This morning, out of the blue, one of my cats started shaking her head and frothing at the mouth.

Example: My cat got absolutely terrified one time and started to foam at the mouth but as soon as the stimulus went away, she stopped foaming.

» echar espumarajosfoamfroth .

Example: The hot tub water started to foam and turned yellow.

Example: Thus, one way of improving the frothing capacity of milk is to heat it and cool it before trying to froth it.

» echar espumarajos por la bocafroth at + the mouthfoam at + the mouth .

Example: This morning, out of the blue, one of my cats started shaking her head and frothing at the mouth.

Example: My cat got absolutely terrified one time and started to foam at the mouth but as soon as the stimulus went away, she stopped foaming.

» echar fuerathrow + Nombre + out .

Example: 'Nah,' Kate chuckled, getting his drift, and then said 'I would've just barged in there and dared them to throw me out!' = "No" se rió Kate, entendiendo lo que él quería decir, y después dijo "!Hubiera irrumpido y les hubiese retado a echarme a la calle!".

» echar fuera dethrow + Nombre + out of .

Example: Bouncer who threw girl out of nightclub for having 'manky' feet is found guilty of assaulting her and a friend.

» echar gasolinapump + gasfuelrefuel  .

Example: A search is underway for a purse snatcher who has grabbed at least 27 bags from customers pumping gas at gas stations.

Example: Besides the danger of vehicle catching on fire there is one other reason not to keep the motor running while fueling.

Example: The cable to my filler cap reservoir snapped and I have no way of opening the cap to refuel.

» echar hojasleaf out .

Example: Deciduous trees are those that loose their leaves each fall, go dormant for the winter, and leaf out again in spring.

» echar humoblow + smoke [Verbo irregular: pasado blew, participio blown]fume [Usado en sentido figurado para indicar enojo]steamsmoulder [smolder, -USA]froth at + the mouthfoam at + the mouthfume with + angerfume with + rageseetheseethe with + angerseethe with + ragebe raging madgive off + smoke .

Example: He adjusted himself comfortably in the chair, overlapped his legs, and blew a smoke ring that dissolved two feet above her head.

Example: Who has not had occasion to fume at the need to consult a large number of Official journals in order to reconstitute the current text of a particular regulation from all its amendments and corrigenda!.

Example: Here, the earth still steams with the heat of the lava, and gusts of warm air seem to come from nowhere.

Example: The remains of the tin-roofed food stalls still smouldered near the temple and adjoining settlement on a craggy hilltop about 4000 ft high.

Example: This luxurious hotel was not a likely setting for union leaders to froth at the mouth over government cutbacks.

Example: All of Washington is foaming at the mouth over the prospect of more pork-barrel spending.

Example: He uses his quirky wit and friendly banter to brighten people's mood when they are feeling low or fuming with anger.

Example: Some people, being excessively liverish, cannot refrain from fuming with rage and shouting abuse when they come across stories of injustice, ignorance and foul play in the newspapers.

Example: But Palestinian Arabs have learned that if they seethe publicly about anything, the world media will take them seriously.

Example: Seething with anger, hundreds of people yesterday came out on the roads waving banners, shouting slogans and waving their fists in the air, demanding justice.

Example: Most Iraqis I speak with nowadays are seething with rage towards the occupiers of their country.

Example: So maybe I'm not raging mad but a bit miffed I would have to admit.

Example: When most plastics burn, they give off smoke and this can be a major hazard in real fires.

» echar humo por las orejasgo + berserkgo + postalwork up + a lathersteam + come + out of + Posesivo + earsgo into + meltdowngo + ape(-shit) (on) .

Example: It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.

Example: You have also probably read about cases where an employee 'went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.

Example: The boy's mother got angry as a hornet and obtained a lawyer, who also has worked up a lather over this grievous injustice.

Example: Frustrations mounting, sweat dripping, and steam coming out of my ears like a raging bull, I have again found myself at the end of my rope.

Example: The pressure of the competition finally got to her and her usual happy-go-lucky demeanour disappeared as she went into meltdown.

Example: My wife is a bit of a tree-hugger, so she went ape-shit when I ran over a frog.

» echar la aldabalatch .

Example: The hook is bent to provide ease in latching or unlatching the door.

» echar la aldabillalatch .

Example: The hook is bent to provide ease in latching or unlatching the door.

» echar la bola a rodarget + the ball rollingset + the ball rollingstart + the ball rolling .

Example: Now is as good a time as any to get the ball rolling.

Example: The moment your alarm goes off, just get up and set the ball rolling!.

Example: That was the incident that started the ball rolling and now things have got out of hand.

» echar la culpaplace + blamefaultblame .

Example: This article discusses the worsening acquisitions budget at the library placing blame on the continuing large price increases of periodicals and books.

Example: What I would really like to fault her on is not her views on the role of the federal government but on her simplistic view of the online catalog.

Example: We can blame the new technologies for the abuse of the users and time, but that is not the case at all.

» echar la llavelock up .

Example: Rapists should be locked up and kept out of society where they can no longer harm innocent victims.

» echar las campanas al vuelocelebrateshout + Nombre + from the rooftopsbreak out + the champagnebring out + the champagne .

Example: Were we to allow ourselves to be enticed by it, we should be celebrating our Bicentennial by a return to the pre-Panizzi days in cataloging.

Example: But it was too much for him; for instead of shouting it from the rooftops, he simply went home, thinking and marveling about what had taken place.

Example: Africa is finally booming, but don't break out the champagne yet.

Example: Before we bring out the champagne, we have to have at least 80 percent of the vote counted.

» echar las entrañasbarf (up)yack (up) .

Example: I hate to say this but it's true -- she looked like something that a cat barfed up.

Example: I had my head in the toilet yacking up my breakfast when I heard the doorbell ring.

» echar las tripasbarf (up)yack (up) .

Example: I hate to say this but it's true -- she looked like something that a cat barfed up.

Example: I had my head in the toilet yacking up my breakfast when I heard the doorbell ring.

» echar la zancadillatrip + Nombre + overtrip .

Example: She has also claimed her ex-husband tripped her over, breaking her patella.

Example: I can't sit here and pick you up off the ground everytime she trips you.

» echarle carahave + a go [Intertar hacer algo, probar a hacer algo]take + the bull by the hornsbrazen output on/up + a brave face [También se usa esta expresión colocando la partícula on al final put + a brave face on]give it + a gohave + a whack athave + a crack athave + a trysquare + Posesivo + shouldersput on/up + a bold face [También se usa esta expresión colocando la partícula on al final put + a brave face on]put on/up + a brave front [También se usa esta expresión colocando la partícula on al final put + a brave front on] .

Example: At a greater level of sophistication, the operating system will be able to swap programs in and out of memory in mid-operation in order to let another have a go.

Example: The article 'Taking the Bull the the Horns' addresses the educational needs of gifted children in the context of the existing educational system.

Example: The way they tried to stonewall and brazen out the forged document scandal suggests that they didn't realize the extent to which their monopoly was gone.

Example: It's no secret that all Commonwealth Games sites are lagging behind schedule but the organisers are putting on a brave face.

Example: Freshers' week is a festival to launch you into university life and as your first week at University, you should throw yourself into it and give everything a go!.

Example: If you're so inclined you could have a whack at it and report back.

Example: I haven't had a chance to have a crack at it yet but as soon as I do I shall be posting my results.

Example: I just like challenges, especially with problem-solving on vehicles when others have had a try but no joy.

Example: She squared her shoulders and offered to see him out.

Example: I shall put a bold face on, and if I do feel weepy, he shall never see it.

Example: Outwardly she put on a brave front so as to give her children security.

» echarle cojonesdig + deepman up .

Example: Bearing this in mind has really helped me with my resolve in those moments when I need to dig deep.

Example: It is time for the country to man up, put aside politics, and do something that is hard, unpopular, dangerous and frightening.

» echarle corajepluck up + couragegather up + couragemuster (up) + (the) couragesteel + Reflexivonerve + Reflexivowork up + the nerve(s) .

Example: Left to themselves, children will rarely pluck up courage to visit the library on their own.

Example: By gathering up courage to face their fears, international contractors operating in China may begin to detect new possibilities of doing business there.

Example: Professional library managers must muster the courage to deal with these problems and make their choices.

Example: She steeled herself against the heavy rain, had her keys ready for the door, and made a run for it.

Example: Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and Iran are nerving themselves for a confrontation that could turn into a general war if things were to get out of control.

Example: After that, he gave her a ride home every day for weeks before he finally worked up the nerve to ask her to go to the movies with him.

» echarle el ojo aeye [Participio pasado eyeing (UK) o eying (USA)]have + Posesivo + eye(s) on .

Example: The banking community is eyeing its possibilities with serious interest.

Example: Not only is Benjamin now running the show, he also has his eyes on Wayne's girlfriend Cassandra.

» echarle gasolina al cochegas up + the car .

Example: Along with selling groceries and hardware, the store was the only place in town to gas up the car.

» echarle huevosman updig + deep .

Example: It is time for the country to man up, put aside politics, and do something that is hard, unpopular, dangerous and frightening.

Example: Bearing this in mind has really helped me with my resolve in those moments when I need to dig deep.

» echarle la culpa aput + the blame onlay + the blame onlay + the blame at + Posesivo + door .

Example: They should take full responsibility for their own actions and not seek to put the blame on others.

Example: And he lay the blame for the attack fair and square on the shoulders of the US president George W. Bush and the French president.

Example: Although our goalkeepers let it two goals, no blame could and should be laid at their door.

» echarle la culpa al mensajeroblame + the messenger .

Example: Don't blame the messenger because the message is unpleasant.

» echarle las luces a Alguienflash + Posesivo + lights .

Example: Some woman started driving right up her arse, hooting her horn and flashing her lights.

» echarle la vista ahave + Posesivo + eye(s) on .

Example: Not only is Benjamin now running the show, he also has his eyes on Wayne's girlfriend Cassandra.

» echarle los perros acome down on + Nombre + like a ton of bricks .

Example: Sometimes the police tolerated them for a bit but sometimes they came down on them like a ton of bricks as soon as they twigged what they were up to.

» echarle margaritas a los cerdoscast pearls before swine .

Example: To attempt to draw them into a conversation, search for common ground, or drop the partisan heat is to cast pearls before swin.

» echarle muchas nariceshave + a lot of bottle .

Example: She proved she has a lot of bottle by running a marathon and climbing the UK's highest mountain over two days.

» echarle muchos cojoneshave + a lot of bottle .

Example: She proved she has a lot of bottle by running a marathon and climbing the UK's highest mountain over two days.

» echar leña al fuegopour + oil on the flamespour + oil on the firethrow + oil on the flamesthrow + oil on the fireadd + fuel to the flamesadd + fuel to the fire .

Example: They know that to build bigger audiences, they have to pour oil on the flames and amp up the confrontation.

Example: I disagree with the people saying she shouldn't have tried to step in, as that was 'pouring oil on the fire'.

Example: The US understandably cares about the balance of power in the Caucasus, but why does it need to evoke 1968 and throw oil on the flames?.

Example: The situation is extremely difficult, as we well know, and there are always people in whose interest it is to throw oil on the fire.

Example: When she started to well up, Usher added fuel to the flames by saying, 'You have to be able to take the good and bad in this business'.

Example: If we react to anger by saying or doing angry things it's just like adding fuel to the fire.

» echarle una mano abat forgo to + bat for .

Example: The article 'Batting for the British Library' discusses the scope of the project to develop a new British Library site.

Example: To everyone's surprise he responded that he'would be willing to go to bat for a replacement of some sort'.

» echarle un guiño awink at .

Example: He said 'That's all I can say right now', winked at her and stood up.

» echarle un sermón a Alguienlecturegive + Nombre + a good talking-to .

Example: She tried to sneak out, her dad ran after her, and started lecturing her about trust and told her to go to bed.

Example: He said she's a good girl and a good worker but she just needs someone to give her a good talking-to = Dijo que ella es una buena chica y una buena trabajadora pero que sólo necesita que alguien le lea la cartilla.

» echarle valorpluck up + couragemuster (up) + (the) couragesteel + Reflexivonerve + Reflexivo .

Example: Left to themselves, children will rarely pluck up courage to visit the library on their own.

Example: Professional library managers must muster the courage to deal with these problems and make their choices.

Example: She steeled herself against the heavy rain, had her keys ready for the door, and made a run for it.

Example: Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and Iran are nerving themselves for a confrontation that could turn into a general war if things were to get out of control.

» echar los dientescut + Posesivo + teethteeth .

Example: 'Is he cutting his teeth?' 'Yes,' murmured Fenichka, 'he has cut four teeth already and now the gums are swollen again = "¿Le están saliendo los dientes? "Si," murmuró Fenichka, "le han salido cuatro dientes de momento y ahora las encías están de nuevo inflamadas.

Example: She was five months on Friday and is starting to
teeth
now.

» echar los perrosthrow + Nombre + under the bus .

Example: She feels he has 'thrown her under the bus' by speaking out against her.

» echar los postigosshutter .

Example: Women and children wept as the vast cortege, headed by 150 surpliced clergymen wound its way from the church through the streets in which every shop was shuttered.

» echarlo todo a perderupset + the applecart .

Example: It looks like the Board didn't want to upset the applecart and took the easy way out.

» echarlo todo a rodarupset + the applecart .

Example: It looks like the Board didn't want to upset the applecart and took the easy way out.

» echarlo todo por tierraupset + the applecart .

Example: It looks like the Board didn't want to upset the applecart and took the easy way out.

» echar mano a/deleverage .

Example: Information seeking in electronic environments will become a collaboration among end user and various electronic systems such that users leverage their heuristic power and machines leverage algorithmic power.

» echar mano defall back oncall into + playeat into .

Example: Having failed apparently with her trump card, she fell back on finesse.

Example: Ethical principles are called into play when deliberating about values, particularly when values run into conflict.

Example: When your customers are slow to pay, it forces you to eat into your cash reserves to pay for raw goods and salaries.

» echar mano de + Posesivo + ahorrosdip into + Posesivo + savingsdig into + Posesivo + savings .

Example: So she dipped into her meagre savings and bought herself a suit, a blazer, and a couple of conservative shirtdresses.

Example: Terrified her teeth were falling out, she dug into her savings to go to a private dentist.

» echar marcha atrásdo + an about-faceback outback upback (up) + Posesivo + vehiclemake + an about-facemake + a volte-facedo + a volte-face .

Example: If teachers lead the way, perhaps society will do an about-face and begin to recognize the tremendous contributions which they make.

Example: Dennis played her along until she decided to back out at which time he threatened to imprison her unless she paid up $2 million.

Example: A train cruising at full speed hit an excavator that had backed up onto the track.

Example: Some housecars and motorhomes are equipped with rear-looking closed circuit television systems to help you back your vehicle.

Example: Known for his scathing criticism of Israel, he has made an about-face and published a volume dedicated to health in Israel, highlighting its achievements and challenges.

Example: Exactly three years ago, the government made a volte-face in its foreign policy and pivoted towards the Asia-Pacific region.

Example: Doing a volte-face, the Noida gang rape victim has changed her statement a day after filing a complaint of abduction and sexual assault.

» echar marcha atrás con el cocheback up + the car .

Example: It was so bad that I was concerned about driving because I could not turn my neck to back up the car.

» echar miraditasgive + Nombre + the eyemake + eyes at .

Example: Rapists often try to blame the victim for dressing too provocatively or 'giving them the eye'.

Example: I found myself next to a red-headed gal who, it turned out, wanted nothing to do with me but make eyes at my pal.

» echar muchas horas al díawork + long hours .

Example: In the 80s and 90s, I used to work long hours, often fly coast-to-coast on my assignments, and was deadbeat at the end of the day.

» echar muchísimo de menosbe sorely missed [Utilizado especialmente para dar el pésame]be sadly missed [Generalmente por defunción] .

Example: He will be sorely missed by all those who knew him and we pass our condolences to those closest to him.

Example: Langer is a great loss to Australia and will be sadly missed.

» echar muchísimo en faltabe sorely missed [Utilizado especialmente para dar el pésame]be sadly missed [Generalmente por defunción] .

Example: He will be sorely missed by all those who knew him and we pass our condolences to those closest to him.

Example: Langer is a great loss to Australia and will be sadly missed.

» echar mucho de menosbe sorely missed [Utilizado especialmente para dar el pésame]be sadly missed [Generalmente por defunción]miss + Nombre + a lot .

Example: He will be sorely missed by all those who knew him and we pass our condolences to those closest to him.

Echar synonyms

cast in spanish: emitir, pronunciation: kæst part of speech: verb, noun have in spanish: tener, pronunciation: hæv part of speech: verb hold in spanish: sostener, pronunciation: hoʊld part of speech: verb, noun make in spanish: hacer, pronunciation: meɪk part of speech: verb drop in spanish: soltar, pronunciation: drɑp part of speech: noun, verb give in spanish: dar, pronunciation: gɪv part of speech: verb project in spanish: proyecto, pronunciation: prɑdʒekt part of speech: noun shed in spanish: cobertizo, pronunciation: ʃed part of speech: verb stroke in spanish: carrera, pronunciation: stroʊk part of speech: noun switch in spanish: cambiar, pronunciation: swɪtʃ part of speech: noun, verb flip in spanish: dar la vuelta, pronunciation: flɪp part of speech: noun, adjective, verb fox in spanish: zorro, pronunciation: fɑks part of speech: noun confound in spanish: confundir, pronunciation: kɑnfaʊnd part of speech: verb contrive in spanish: idear, pronunciation: kəntraɪv part of speech: verb discombobulate in spanish: discombobular, pronunciation: dɪskəmbɔbjuleɪt part of speech: verb confuse in spanish: confundir, pronunciation: kənfjuz part of speech: verb bewilder in spanish: confundir, pronunciation: bɪwɪldɜr part of speech: verb hurl in spanish: lanzar, pronunciation: hɜrl part of speech: verb bemuse in spanish: aturdir, pronunciation: bɪmjuz part of speech: verb bedevil in spanish: molestar, pronunciation: bɪdevəl part of speech: verb befuddle in spanish: confundir, pronunciation: bɪfʌdəl part of speech: verb fuddle in spanish: emborracharse, pronunciation: fʌdəl part of speech: verb throw away in spanish: tirar a la basura, pronunciation: θroʊəweɪ part of speech: verb cast off in spanish: soltar amarras, pronunciation: kæstɔf part of speech: verb shake off in spanish: sacudirse, pronunciation: ʃeɪkɔf part of speech: verb throw off in spanish: deshacerse de, pronunciation: θroʊɔf part of speech: verb cam stroke in spanish: movimiento de leva, pronunciation: kæmstroʊk part of speech: noun
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