cachar

• IPA^(key): /kaˈt͡ʃaɾ/

Ultimately from Vulgar Latin *captiāre.^[1] May simply be a borrowing from English catch, like Spanish cachar.

cachar (first-person singular present cacho, first-person singular preterite cachei, past participle cachado)

1. to surprise or to catch (someone who was hidden or was doing something illegal or embarrassing)
2. to catch (someone who was fleeing)
3. to catch (an idea)

• cachada

• cachear

Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *cappulare (“to cut up”). In that case, cognate with French chapeler (“to cut”).^[2][3] Alternatively, from cacho.^[4]

cachar (first-person singular present cacho, first-person singular preterite cachei, past participle cachado)

1. to scrape land
2. to hoe
3. to slash and burn

• cachada
• cacharela

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cachar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cachar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “cachar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cachar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

cachar m

1. indefinite plural of cache

From Vulgar Latin *coacticāre, from Latin coactāre. Cf. French cacher.

cachar

1. to press (apply physical pressure)

• quichar

Borrowed from French cacher or Occitan cachar, from Latin coactāre. Related to agachar.

• Hyphenation: ca‧char

cachar (first-person singular present cacho, first-person singular preterite cachei, past participle cachado)

1. (transitive) to hide

   Synonyms: ocultar, agachar

2. (transitive) to cover

Believed to be borrowed from English catch which in that case would make it a doublet of cazar. However, certain meanings in the South America could be derived from Italian cacciare or Spanish cazar.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [kaˈt͡ʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧char

cachar (first-person singular present cacho, first-person singular preterite caché, past participle cachado)

1. to catch (to intercept)

   Synonyms: coger, agarrar, pescar, pillar, prender

   • 1926, Roberto Arlt, “Los ladrones”, in El juguete rabioso:

     Con ira mal reprimida, respondí: A mí no me cachan. Antes matar.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, colloquial) to catch, to get (to grasp mentally: perceive and understand)

   Synonyms: entender, captar

3. (Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, colloquial) to find out, spy out, peek

   Synonyms: averiguar, mirar

4. (Chile, Peru, vulgar) to have sex

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:joder

• “cachar”, 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
• “cachar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

• charca