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Echar - Idiomatic

Mary´s Idioms -- Echar

SpanishEnglish
echar un vistazo a to glance at
echar de menos a alguien to miss someone
echar abajo to pull down
echar la llave to lock
echar el freno to put the brakes on
echarse atrás to back out
echar a perder to ruin
echarse un novio to get yourself a boyfriend
echar ganas to put forth much effort
echar a suertes to make a decision by coin toss or similar method
echar el alto to order someone to stop
echar la culpa to blame
echar un ojo to watch something
echar balones fuera to sidetack
echar las campanas al vuelo to shout the news
echar el cierre to shut down
echar algo en falta to miss something
echar la buenaventura to tell a fortune
echar la vista atrás to look back
echar por tierra to ruin or spoil
echar una siesta to take a nap
echar sapos y culebras to rant and rave
echar una mirada to take a look
echar sal to salt
echar en saco roto to do something in vain
echar el resto to go for broke
echar un pulso to arm-wrestle, to challenge someone
echar pestes de alguien to run somebody down
echar una pelicula to show a film
echar la primera papilla to vomit
echar una mano to lend a hand
echar un capote to help out
echar leña al fuego to throw fuel on the fire
echar el guante a alguien to catch somebody
echar una cana al aire to let one´s hair down
echar una cabezada to take a nap
echar chispas to rant, to give off sparks
echar una bronca a alguien to tell somebody off
echar agua al vino (o a la leche) to water down
echar a + infintive to begin to do soemthing
Created by: SturgesFam
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