echar de menos in Spanish

IPA: /eˌt͡ʃaɾ de ˈmenos/, [eˌt͡ʃaɾ ð̞e ˈme.nos] Forms: echo de menos [first-person, present, singular], eché de menos [first-person, preterite, singular], echado de menos [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Originally an archaic and dialectal Old Galician-Portuguese idiom, achar (de) menos (“to feel an absence”, literally “to find missing”), entering in Spanish as echar (de) menos (mistaking Old Galician-Portuguese achar (“to find”) (Spanish hallar), with echar (“to throw”), both verbs pronounced similarly and both of them with a multitude of idioms). Etymology templates: {{der|es|roa-opt|-}} Old Galician-Portuguese, {{der|es|roa-opt|achar|t=to find}} Old Galician-Portuguese achar (“to find”), {{ncog|es|hallar}} Spanish hallar Head templates: {{es-verb}} echar de menos (first-person singular present echo de menos, first-person singular preterite eché de menos, past participle echado de menos)

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"echar de menos" meaning in Spanish

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