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 .
IPA (key ) : /at͡ʃaˈkaɾ/ [a.t͡ʃaˈkaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: a‧cha‧car
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.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
1 Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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