acolchar

Spanish

Etymology

From earlier colchar, from colcha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akolˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [a.kolʲˈt͡ʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧col‧char

Verb

acolchar (first-person singular present acolcho, first-person singular preterite acolché, past participle acolchado)

1. (transitive) to quilt
2. (transitive) to pad, soften

Conjugation

    Conjugation of acolchar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			acolchar
gerund			acolchando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		acolchado		acolchada
		plural		acolchados		acolchadas
		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	acolcho	acolchastú acolchásvos	acolcha	acolchamos	acolcháis	acolchan
	imperfect	acolchaba	acolchabas	acolchaba	acolchábamos	acolchabais	acolchaban
	preterite	acolché	acolchaste	acolchó	acolchamos	acolchasteis	acolcharon
	future	acolcharé	acolcharás	acolchará	acolcharemos	acolcharéis	acolcharán
	conditional	acolcharía	acolcharías	acolcharía	acolcharíamos	acolcharíais	acolcharían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	acolche	acolchestú acolchésvos2	acolche	acolchemos	acolchéis	acolchen
	imperfect (ra)	acolchara	acolcharas	acolchara	acolcháramos	acolcharais	acolcharan
	imperfect (se)	acolchase	acolchases	acolchase	acolchásemos	acolchaseis	acolchasen
	future1	acolchare	acolchares	acolchare	acolcháremos	acolchareis	acolcharen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		acolchatú acolchávos	acolche	acolchemos	acolchad	acolchen
	negative		no acolches	no acolche	no acolchemos	no acolchéis	no acolchen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Alternative forms

• acolchonar, colchar

Derived terms

• acolchado
• acolchamiento

Further reading

• “acolchar”, 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