echo

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations'echo', 'Echo': /ˈɛkəʊ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈɛkoʊ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(ek′ō)

Inflections of 'echo' (n): npl: echoes
Inflections of 'echo' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
echoes
v 3rd person singular
echoing
v pres p
echoed
v past
echoed
v past p
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
echo n(reverberating sound)eco nm
 Dave shouted and heard an echo come back from the mountains.
 Dave gritó y oyó el eco que devolvían las montañas.
echo⇒ vi(sound: reverberate)hacer eco vi
 The cave echoed when the group spoke.
 La cueva hizo eco cuando el grupo habló.
echo [sth/sb]⇒ vtrfigurative (talking: repeat)hacerse eco vprnl
  repetir⇒ vtr
 The student was just echoing what his teacher had told him; he didn't really know what he was talking about.
 El alumno solo se hacía eco de lo que su profesor le había dicho; ni siquiera sabía de lo que hablaba.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
Echo n(communications: letter E) (alfabeto radiofónico)eco nm
 My name is Leah, spelt Lima - Echo - Alfa - Hotel.
 Mi nombre es Leah, deletreado Lima - Eco - Alfa - Hotel.
echo [sth]⇒ vtrfigurative (be reminiscent of)recordar a vtr + prep
 These new sports cars echo the designs of the 1960s.
 Esos nuevos coches deportivos recordaban a los diseños de los años 60.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
Echo n(Greek myth: nymph)Eco n propio f
 Echo was a mountain nymph in Greek mythology.
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Locuciones verbales
InglésEspañol
echo back to [sth] vi phrasal + prep(computing: relay or send to)reenviar⇒ vtr
echo back to [sth] vi phrasal + prepfigurative (recall, bring to mind) (coloquial, figurado)sonar a algo expr
 The band's latest album echoes back to the cheerful uptempo music of their first album twenty years ago.
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Compound Forms:
echo | Echo
InglésEspañol
echo back [sth] to [sb],
echo [sth] back to [sb] v expr		figurative (repeat [sb]'s opinion words back to) (AR, coloquial, ofensivo)repetir algo como un loro loc verb
 You will not receive a good grade if you simply echo back the author's words to the teacher.
  repetir algo a alguien loc verb
echo chamber n(broadcasting: acoustic room)sala de audición insonorizada grupo nom
  sala acustizada grupo nom
echo chamber nfigurative ([sb]'s ideas repeated back) (figurado)eco nm
 (figurado)caja de resonancia expr
 Social media can be an echo chamber, since we choose whose posts we read.
 Las redes sociales pueden ser un eco, porque elegimos qué publicaciones leer.
echo sounder n(nautical: navigation device)sonda náutica loc nom f
reecho,
re-echo vi		(reverberate)reverberar⇒ vi
  repetirse⇒ v prnl
reecho [sth/sb],
re-echo [sth/sb]⇒ vtr		(repeat again)volver a repetir loc verb
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'echo' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
absorb - anechoic - echoic - resound - reverberate - reverberation - revoice
Spanish:
eco - resonar - retorno - hacerse eco de - resonancia - retumbar - ecocardiograma - repercutir - ecosonda

Collocations: can hear an echo on the [line, phone line, telephone], there's an echo on the [line], could hear echoes in the [tunnel, hills, passage], more...

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