echas

See also: echás and échas

Asturian

Verb

echas

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of echar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈet͡ʃas/ [ˈe.t͡ʃas]
• Rhymes: -etʃas
• Syllabification: e‧chas
• Homophone: hechas

Verb

echas

1. second-person singular present indicative of echar

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• etsas

Etymology

Backslang of tae +‎ -s, with ⟨t⟩ changed to ⟨ch⟩.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔet͡ʃas/ [ˈʔɛː.t͡ʃɐs]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈʔetsas/ [ˈʔɛt̪.sɐs]
• Rhymes: -et͡ʃas, (no palatal assimilation) -etsas
• Syllabification: e‧chas

Noun

echas (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜆ᜔ᜐᜐ᜔)

1. (slang) excrement; shit; feces

   Synonyms: tae, (formal, euphemistic) dumi, (colloquial) oo, (slang) jebs, (slang) ebak, (childish) pupu, (childish) aa

Further reading

• Zorc, R. David; San Miguel, Rachel (1993), Tagalog Slang Dictionary‎, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN
• “etsas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.