This form, 'echa,' is what 'he, she, or it' does right now (present tense). It is also the informal command for 'you' (tú): 'Echa la sal' (Add the salt!).

Form and Use

When giving instructions for cooking, use 'echa' to mean 'add' or 'pour,' especially for smaller amounts or ingredients.

Cooking Tip

Extremely common. Used in core actions like placing, adding, and throwing.

Commonly used for physical actions involving throwing or casting.

When 'echar' means to fire or kick someone out, it nearly always requires the preposition 'a' before the person being removed: 'echa a la gente'.

Using 'Echar' for Removal

Commonly used in formal or serious contexts related to firing or expelling.

Confusing 'Echar' and 'Hacer'

To say 'to miss,' you must use the full phrase 'echar de menos.' If you just say 'echa,' it means 'he/she throws' or 'adds' something, which changes the meaning completely.

Remember the 'de menos'

Extremely common in the fixed phrase 'echar de menos' (to miss).

'Echa' is a form of the highly common Spanish verb 'echar.' It means 'he/she/it puts,' 'throws,' 'adds,' or is used in the essential phrase 'echar de menos' (to miss). Learn all conjugations and meanings here.

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Complete Conjugation Tables

🔄 Conjugations

indicative

present

future

imperfect

conditional

preterite

imperative

negative

affirmative

subjunctive

present

imperfect

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