Sentence examples of "echar" in Spanish

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Cierra la boca. O si no te van a echar. Shut up. If you don't, you'll be thrown out.
¿Dónde puedo echar estas cartas? Where can I mail these letters?
No olvides echar esta carta, por favor. Please remember to mail this letter.
Dijo que les echaría una mano. He said he would give a helping hand to them.
Cállate. Si no, te echarán. Shut up. If you don't, you'll be thrown out.
Echa más sal a la sopa. Add more salt to the soup.
Eché agua en el caldero. I poured water into the bucket.
John le echa la culpa a otros. John casts the blame on others.
He cerrado la puerta pero no he echado la llave. I shut the door, but I haven't locked it.
Deja eso ya. Solo estás echando sal en la herida del pobre hombre. Cut that out. You're just rubbing salt in the poor guy's wounds.
Dile que me estoy echando una siesta. Tell her that I am having a nap.
Los padres de Tom lo echaron de su casa cuando él les confesó que era ateo. Tom was kicked out of his house by his parents when he confessed to being an atheist.
Ella me echó una mirada extraña. She gave me a strange look.
Ella lo echó a él. She threw him out.
Tom le dijo a Mary que no le echara azúcar. Tom told Mary not to add sugar.
Tom echó algo de leche en el vaso y se lo entregó a Mary. Tom poured milk into the glass and then handed it to Mary.
Puede que me rinda pronto y simplemente me eche una siesta. I may give up soon and just take a nap.
Eche los papeles en la cesta. Throw the papers in the basket.
No le grites al niño que está llorando. Solo le echas combustible al fuego. Don't shout at the crying child. It only adds fuel to the fire.
Quizás me dé pronto por vencido y en lugar de eso me eche una siesta. I may give up soon and just nap instead.
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