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Tag: echar

Definitions tagged echar in the street dictionary.

Echar fly

To kick someone out or get rid of an unwanted person. (The term refers to an old brand of insecticide called Flit. Although spelled like the English word fly, it is pronounced flee in Argentina).

He came to bother me at my office and I le eché fly.

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Argentinaby DiegoEFE

Botar

To fire someone from a job or kick them out of a position.

He was botaron from the company for being a harasser.

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Perúby HUVE84

Echar agua

Used in Mexico to ask someone to keep a lookout or guide you through a task. It is a way of telling someone to watch your back or give you a heads-up. (The phrase is related to the common Mexican warning Aguas! which means Watch out!)

Échame aguas to park the car, I do not want to hit the one behind me.

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Méxicoby Anónimo

Echar agua

1. To let something slide or drop a subject to avoid a bigger conflict. 2. To take a shower or get cleaned up. 3. To baptize someone (a common expression among Catholics referring to the water used in the rite).

'Let's echarle agua to that matter.' 'Wait a moment, I'm going to echarme agua.' 'And when are they going to echar agua to the kid?'

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República Dominicanaby Anónimo

chichar

To fuck or have sexual intercourse. It is a common slang term used to describe the act of sex between two people, regardless of gender or sexual orientation.

Last night there were two people chichando.

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República Dominicanaby Anónimo