achacar
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic شَكَا (šakā, “to complain”) or more likely a derivative. The -ch- points to Maghrebi Arabic tšakka, from classical تَشَكَّى (tašakkā), which is a frequentative/intensive of the first-mentioned verb. Alternatively it might perhaps be from the noun الشَكْوَى (aš-šakwā, “complaint”); compare achaque.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /at͡ʃaˈkaɾ/ [a.t͡ʃaˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧cha‧car
Verb
achacar (first-person singular present achaco, first-person singular preterite achaqué, past participle achacado)
- to attribute (something to someone); to blame
- Synonyms: culpar, echar la culpa, responsabilizar, imputar, atribuir
- 1999 October 21, Amelia Castilla, “Mañas completa con 'Sonko 95' su tetralogía sobre jóvenes de los 90”, in El País[1], Madrid, →ISSN:
- […] A esa característica de su literatura achaca Mañas el gancho que tienen sus novelas para ser adaptadas al cine.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of achacar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of achacar (c-qu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive achacar | dative | achacarme | achacarte | achacarle, achacarse | achacarnos | achacaros | achacarles, achacarse |
| accusative | achacarme | achacarte | achacarlo, achacarla, achacarse | achacarnos | achacaros | achacarlos, achacarlas, achacarse | |
| with gerund achacando | dative | achacándome | achacándote | achacándole, achacándose | achacándonos | achacándoos | achacándoles, achacándose |
| accusative | achacándome | achacándote | achacándolo, achacándola, achacándose | achacándonos | achacándoos | achacándolos, achacándolas, achacándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative achaca | dative | achácame | achácate | achácale | achácanos | not used | achácales |
| accusative | achácame | achácate | achácalo, achácala | achácanos | not used | achácalos, achácalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative achacá | dative | achacame | achacate | achacale | achacanos | not used | achacales |
| accusative | achacame | achacate | achacalo, achacala | achacanos | not used | achacalos, achacalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative achaque | dative | acháqueme | not used | acháquele, acháquese | acháquenos | not used | acháqueles |
| accusative | acháqueme | not used | acháquelo, acháquela, acháquese | acháquenos | not used | acháquelos, acháquelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative achaquemos | dative | not used | achaquémoste | achaquémosle | achaquémonos | achaquémoos | achaquémosles |
| accusative | not used | achaquémoste | achaquémoslo, achaquémosla | achaquémonos | achaquémoos | achaquémoslos, achaquémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative achacad | dative | achacadme | not used | achacadle | achacadnos | achacaos | achacadles |
| accusative | achacadme | not used | achacadlo, achacadla | achacadnos | achacaos | achacadlos, achacadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative achaquen | dative | acháquenme | not used | acháquenle | acháquennos | not used | acháquenles, acháquense |
| accusative | acháquenme | not used | acháquenlo, acháquenla | acháquennos | not used | acháquenlos, acháquenlas, acháquense | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “achacar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024