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ellos echaron

they fired, they kicked out, they missed, they ruined, they spoiled

→ echar
ech to throw, put, pour + ar Infinitive + on they past tense
verb · 3rd-person plural, past tense Uncommon #16,126
they fired, they kicked out The meaning depends on context: it can mean dismissing someone from a job or making someone leave.
SP: Echaron a Luis de su trabajo.
EN: They fired Luis from his job.
they missed Used in the phrase echar de menos, meaning “to miss” someone or something.
SP: Echaron de menos a su familia.
EN: They missed their family.
they ruined, they spoiled Used in the phrase echar a perder.
SP: Las lluvias echaron a perder el viaje.
EN: The rains ruined the trip.
Conjugation of echar
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First eché echamos
Second echaste —
Third echó echaron

A Tomás lo echaron de su trabajo.

Tomás was fired from his job.

Ah, ¿que echaron a Gustavo?

Oh, they fired Gustavo?

— Hogar (2020)

Lo echaron del trabajo.

He was fired from his job.

Echaron sal en su té para reírse un rato, pero a él no le pareció gracioso.

They put salt in his tea to have a laugh, but he didn’t find it funny.

¿Te echaron?

Did they fire you?

— Ne le dis à personne (2006)

En mi fábrica, dos chicas intentaron fundar un sindicato y las echaron.

In my factory, two girls tried to start a union and were fired.

— Una película de miedo (2000)

Maldita sea la hora que lo echaron al mundo, que ya me tiene harta.

Damn the day he was born—I'm sick to death of him.

— Nazarín (1959)

Le echaron la culpa.

They blamed him.

— Ne le dis à personne (2006)

Y nos echaron.

And they kicked us out.

— State and Main (2000)

Muchos se echaron al mar.

Many threw themselves into the sea.

¿Y por qué lo echaron de la universidad de Cuyo?

And why did they kick him out of Cuyo University?

— La historia oficial (1985)

Los alumnos se echaron a reír.

The students burst out laughing.

Lo echaron.

They kicked him out.

Las lluvias echaron a perder la cosecha.

The rains ruined the harvest.

A Jimmy y a mí nos echaron diez años, como si nada.

Jimmy and I were given ten years, just like that.

— Buenos Muchachos (1990)

Todos los huevos se echaron a perder.

All the eggs spoiled.

Echaron de menos a Tom.

They missed Tom.

Pero, eh, no entiendo por qué, si te echaron, ¿por qué te enviaron?

But, uh, I don’t understand why—if they fired you, why did they send you?

— Proyecto: El Internado (2026)

Esa película la echaron por la televisión.

That movie was shown on television.

¡Si ayer no lo echaron!

They didn’t fire him yesterday!

— Las alas del deseo (1987)

Pero ellos nos echaron.

But they threw us out.

— बजरंगी भाईजान (2015)

Echaron la culpa del accidente al mal tiempo.

They blamed the accident on the bad weather.

¿Te echaron de tu anterior trabajo?

Were you fired from your previous job?

Se echaron a perder estos plátanos.

These bananas spoiled.

Le echaron la culpa a Jorge por el fracaso.

They blamed Jorge for the failure.

Para empezar, Amador no salió, lo echaron, como a todos.

For starters, Amador didn't leave; he was kicked out, just like everyone else.

— Los lunes al sol (2002)