cuchar
Asturian
Etymology
cucho (“compost, manure”) + -ar, the first element being from Latin cultus (“cultivated, tilled”).
Verb
cuchar (first-person singular indicative present cucho, past participle cucháu)
- to dress with manure
Conjugation
infinitive | cuchar | ||||||
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gerund | cuchando | ||||||
past participle | m cucháu, f cuchada, n cuchao, m pl cuchaos, f pl cuchaes | ||||||
person | first singular yo | second singular tu | third singular él/elli | first plural nosotros/nós | second plural vosotros/vós | third plural ellos | |
indicative | present | cucho | cuches | cucha | cuchamos | cucháis | cuchen |
imperfect | cuchaba | cuchabes | cuchaba | cuchábemos, cuchábamos | cuchabeis, cuchabais | cuchaben | |
preterite | cuché | cuchasti, cuchesti | cuchó | cuchemos | cuchastis, cuchestis | cucharon | |
pluperfect | cuchare, cuchara | cuchares, cucharas | cuchare, cuchara | cucháremos, cucháramos | cuchareis, cucharais | cucharen, cucharan | |
future | cucharé | cucharás | cuchará | cucharemos | cucharéis | cucharán | |
conditional | cucharía | cucharíes | cucharía | cucharíemos, cucharíamos | cucharíeis, cucharíais | cucharíen | |
subjunctive | present | cuche | cuches, cuchas | cuche | cuchemos | cuchéis | cuchen, cuchan |
imperfect | cuchare, cuchara | cuchares, cucharas | cuchare, cuchara | cucháremos, cucháramos | cuchareis, cucharais | cucharen, cucharan | |
imperative | — | cucha | — | — | cuchái | — |
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [kuˈt͡ʃaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: cu‧char
Etymology 1
From Latin cochleāre, from cochlea (“snail”).
Noun
cuchar f (plural cuchares)
- (historical) historic grain measure, roughly a third of a quartile
- (historical) amount of grain fitting in this measure
- (historical) taxes paid on grain in this measure
- (obsolete) spoon
- (obsolete) fork
- Synonym: cuchara
Etymology 2
cucho (“compost, manure”) + -ar, the first element being from Latin cultus (“cultivated, tilled”).
Verb
cuchar (first-person singular present cucho, first-person singular preterite cuché, past participle cuchado)
- (transitive, Asturias) to dress with manure
Conjugation
infinitive | cuchar | ||||||
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gerund | cuchando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | cuchado | cuchada | |||||
plural | cuchados | cuchadas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | cucho | cuchastú cuchásvos | cucha | cuchamos | cucháis | cuchan | |
imperfect | cuchaba | cuchabas | cuchaba | cuchábamos | cuchabais | cuchaban | |
preterite | cuché | cuchaste | cuchó | cuchamos | cuchasteis | cucharon | |
future | cucharé | cucharás | cuchará | cucharemos | cucharéis | cucharán | |
conditional | cucharía | cucharías | cucharía | cucharíamos | cucharíais | cucharían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | cuche | cuchestú cuchésvos2 | cuche | cuchemos | cuchéis | cuchen | |
imperfect (ra) | cuchara | cucharas | cuchara | cucháramos | cucharais | cucharan | |
imperfect (se) | cuchase | cuchases | cuchase | cuchásemos | cuchaseis | cuchasen | |
future1 | cuchare | cuchares | cuchare | cucháremos | cuchareis | cucharen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | cuchatú cuchávos | cuche | cuchemos | cuchad | cuchen | ||
negative | no cuches | no cuche | no cuchemos | no cuchéis | no cuchen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive cuchar | |||||||
dative | cucharme | cucharte | cucharle, cucharse | cucharnos | cucharos | cucharles, cucharse | |
accusative | cucharme | cucharte | cucharlo, cucharla, cucharse | cucharnos | cucharos | cucharlos, cucharlas, cucharse | |
with gerund cuchando | |||||||
dative | cuchándome | cuchándote | cuchándole, cuchándose | cuchándonos | cuchándoos | cuchándoles, cuchándose | |
accusative | cuchándome | cuchándote | cuchándolo, cuchándola, cuchándose | cuchándonos | cuchándoos | cuchándolos, cuchándolas, cuchándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cucha | |||||||
dative | cúchame | cúchate | cúchale | cúchanos | not used | cúchales | |
accusative | cúchame | cúchate | cúchalo, cúchala | cúchanos | not used | cúchalos, cúchalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative cuchá | |||||||
dative | cuchame | cuchate | cuchale | cuchanos | not used | cuchales | |
accusative | cuchame | cuchate | cuchalo, cuchala | cuchanos | not used | cuchalos, cuchalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative cuche | |||||||
dative | cúcheme | not used | cúchele, cúchese | cúchenos | not used | cúcheles | |
accusative | cúcheme | not used | cúchelo, cúchela, cúchese | cúchenos | not used | cúchelos, cúchelas | |
with first-person plural imperative cuchemos | |||||||
dative | not used | cuchémoste | cuchémosle | cuchémonos | cuchémoos | cuchémosles | |
accusative | not used | cuchémoste | cuchémoslo, cuchémosla | cuchémonos | cuchémoos | cuchémoslos, cuchémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative cuchad | |||||||
dative | cuchadme | not used | cuchadle | cuchadnos | cuchaos | cuchadles | |
accusative | cuchadme | not used | cuchadlo, cuchadla | cuchadnos | cuchaos | cuchadlos, cuchadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative cuchen | |||||||
dative | cúchenme | not used | cúchenle | cúchennos | not used | cúchenles, cúchense | |
accusative | cúchenme | not used | cúchenlo, cúchenla | cúchennos | not used | cúchenlos, cúchenlas, cúchense |
Further reading
- “cuchar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014