apachar
Spanish
Etymology
From a- + Classical Nahuatl pātzoā (“to bruise, crush, mash”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /apaˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [a.paˈt͡ʃaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧pa‧char
Verb
apachar (first-person singular present apacho, first-person singular preterite apaché, past participle apachado)
- (El Salvador, Honduras) to crush, to mangle
Conjugation
Conjugation of apachar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | apachar | ||||||
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gerund | apachando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | apachado | apachada | |||||
plural | apachados | apachadas | |||||
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 | apacho | apachastú apachásvos | apacha | apachamos | apacháis | apachan | |
imperfect | apachaba | apachabas | apachaba | apachábamos | apachabais | apachaban | |
preterite | apaché | apachaste | apachó | apachamos | apachasteis | apacharon | |
future | apacharé | apacharás | apachará | apacharemos | apacharéis | apacharán | |
conditional | apacharía | apacharías | apacharía | apacharíamos | apacharíais | apacharían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | apache | apachestú apachésvos2 | apache | apachemos | apachéis | apachen | |
imperfect (ra) | apachara | apacharas | apachara | apacháramos | apacharais | apacharan | |
imperfect (se) | apachase | apachases | apachase | apachásemos | apachaseis | apachasen | |
future1 | apachare | apachares | apachare | apacháremos | apachareis | apacharen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | apachatú apachávos | apache | apachemos | apachad | apachen | ||
negative | no apaches | no apache | no apachemos | no apachéis | no apachen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Related terms
- apapachar
Further reading
- “apachar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014