echar a la calle

Spanish

Verb

echar a la calle (first-person singular present echo a la calle, first-person singular preterite eché a la calle, past participle echado a la calle)

  1. (idiomatic) to dismiss or fire someone
    El dueño nos ha echado a todos a la calle.
    The owner has fired us all.
  2. (idiomatic) to evict someone
    Si no paga el alquiler que debe, lo echarán a la calle.
    If he doesn't pay his overdue rent, he will get evicted.

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