echarse el pollo

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /eˌt͡ʃaɾse el ˈpoʝo/ [eˌt͡ʃaɾ.se el ˈpo.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /eˌt͡ʃaɾse el ˈpoʎo/ [eˌt͡ʃaɾ.se el ˈpo.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /eˌt͡ʃaɾse el ˈpoʃo/ [eˌt͡ʃaɾ.se el ˈpo.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /eˌt͡ʃaɾse el ˈpoʒo/ [eˌt͡ʃaɾ.se el ˈpo.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Syllabification: e‧char‧se el po‧llo

Verb

echarse el pollo (first-person singular present me echo el pollo, first-person singular preterite me eché el pollo, past participle echado el pollo)

  1. (idiomatic, Southern Cone) to up and leave