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echarse_al_plato

echarse al plato

Spanish

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Verb

echarse al plato

  1. Used other than as an idiom: to serve (on an dish, plate).
  2. (idiomatic, Mexico) to eat, eat up, devour; to consume
    Ayer me eché cinco quesadillas en la cena.
    Yesterday I ate up five quesadillas.
  3. (idiomatic, Mexico) to kill someone or something
    Ya se echaron al plato al alcalde.
    Now the Major was killed.

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