echar los perros
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eˌt͡ʃaɾ los ˈperos/ [eˌt͡ʃaɾ los ˈpe.ros]
- Syllabification: e‧char los pe‧rros
Verb
echar los perros (first-person singular present echo los perros, first-person singular preterite eché los perros, past participle echado los perros)
- (idiomatic) to come down on
- Synonym: soltar los perros
Further reading
- “echar, o soltar los perros a alguien”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
- “echar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010