"echar cuenta" meaning in Spanish

See echar cuenta in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /eˌt͡ʃaɾ ˈkwenta/, [eˌt͡ʃaɾ ˈkwẽn̪.t̪a] Forms: echo cuenta [first-person, present, singular], eché cuenta [first-person, preterite, singular], echado cuenta [participle, past], echar cuentas [alternative]
Head templates: {{es-verb}} echar cuenta (first-person singular present echo cuenta, first-person singular preterite eché cuenta, past participle echado cuenta)
  1. (idiomatic, colloquial, Andalusia) to pay attention; take notice Tags: Andalusia, colloquial, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-echar_cuenta-es-verb-yiJflBwe Categories (other): Andalusian Spanish, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

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    {
      "form": "echo cuenta",
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        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eché cuenta",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "echado cuenta",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "echar cuentas",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "echar cuenta (first-person singular present echo cuenta, first-person singular preterite eché cuenta, past participle echado cuenta)",
      "name": "es-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "e‧char cuen‧ta"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "e‧char cuen‧ta"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Andalusian Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to pay attention; take notice"
      ],
      "id": "en-echar_cuenta-es-verb-yiJflBwe",
      "links": [
        [
          "pay attention",
          "pay attention"
        ],
        [
          "take notice",
          "take notice"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, colloquial, Andalusia) to pay attention; take notice"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Andalusia",
        "colloquial",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/eˌt͡ʃaɾ ˈkwenta/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[eˌt͡ʃaɾ ˈkwẽn̪.t̪a]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "echar cuenta"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "echo cuenta",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eché cuenta",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "echado cuenta",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "echar cuentas",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "echar cuenta (first-person singular present echo cuenta, first-person singular preterite eché cuenta, past participle echado cuenta)",
      "name": "es-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "e‧char cuen‧ta"
  ],
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    {
      "parts": [
        "e‧char cuen‧ta"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Spanish colloquialisms",
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish idioms",
        "Spanish lemmas",
        "Spanish multiword terms",
        "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Spanish verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to pay attention; take notice"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pay attention",
          "pay attention"
        ],
        [
          "take notice",
          "take notice"
        ]
      ],
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        "(idiomatic, colloquial, Andalusia) to pay attention; take notice"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Andalusia",
        "colloquial",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/eˌt͡ʃaɾ ˈkwenta/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[eˌt͡ʃaɾ ˈkwẽn̪.t̪a]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "echar cuenta"
}

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