achacar
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Verb
[edit]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
[edit] 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.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “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], 2024 December 10