lechar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /leˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [leˈt͡ʃaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: le‧char
Etymology 1
From Latin lactāris.
Adjective
lechar (plural lechares)
- milky
Related terms
- leche
- lechoso
Etymology 2
From leche.
Verb
lechar (first-person singular present lecho, first-person singular preterite leché, past participle lechado)
- (Latin America) to milk
- Synonym: ordeñar
- (Latin America) to whitewash
- Synonym: enjalbegar
Conjugation
Conjugation of lechar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | lechar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | lechando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | lechado | lechada | |||||
| plural | lechados | lechadas | |||||
| 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 | lecho | lechastú lechásvos | lecha | lechamos | lecháis | lechan | |
| imperfect | lechaba | lechabas | lechaba | lechábamos | lechabais | lechaban | |
| preterite | leché | lechaste | lechó | lechamos | lechasteis | lecharon | |
| future | lecharé | lecharás | lechará | lecharemos | lecharéis | lecharán | |
| conditional | lecharía | lecharías | lecharía | lecharíamos | lecharíais | lecharían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | leche | lechestú lechésvos2 | leche | lechemos | lechéis | lechen | |
| imperfect (ra) | lechara | lecharas | lechara | lecháramos | lecharais | lecharan | |
| imperfect (se) | lechase | lechases | lechase | lechásemos | lechaseis | lechasen | |
| future1 | lechare | lechares | lechare | lecháremos | lechareis | lecharen | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | lechatú lechávos | leche | lechemos | lechad | lechen | ||
| negative | no leches | no leche | no lechemos | no lechéis | no lechen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Derived terms
- lechada (“whitewash, grout”)
Further reading
- “lechar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014