How to Say "we add" in Spanish
The Spanish word for “we add” is “echamos” — A1 level. This is a very common word in everyday Spanish.
Examples
Echamos la basura en el contenedor.
We throw the trash in the bin.
Le echamos un poco de sal a la sopa.
We add a bit of salt to the soup.
Ayer echamos a correr cuando empezó a llover.
Yesterday we started running when it began to rain.
The Present and Past look the same
In 'ar' verbs like this one, the 'we' form (nosotros) is identical in both the present tense and the simple past (preterite). You'll need to look at the rest of the sentence to know if it's happening now or happened yesterday.
H or no H?
Mistake: “hechamos”
Correction: echamos (without the 'h'). The word 'hecho' with an 'h' comes from 'hacer' (to do/make), but 'echar' (to throw) never has an 'h'.
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