amochar

Portuguese

Etymology

From a- +‎ mocho +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.moˈʃa(ʁ)/ [a.moˈʃa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.moˈʃa(ʁ)/ [a.moˈʃa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.moˈʃa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.moˈʃa(ʁ)/ [a.moˈʃa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.moˈʃa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.mɔˈʃaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.mɔˈʃaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.mɔˈt͡ʃaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.mɔˈʃa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: a‧mo‧char

Verb

amochar (first-person singular present amocho, first-person singular preterite amochei, past participle amochado)

1. (transitive) to keep quiet
2. (transitive) to bow, to crouch

Conjugation

    Conjugation of amochar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	amochar
Personal	amochar	amochares	amochar	amocharmos	amochardes	amocharem
Gerund
	amochando
Past participle
Masculine	amochado			amochados
Feminine	amochada			amochadas
Indicative
Present	amocho	amochas	amocha	amochamos	amochais	amocham
Imperfect	amochava	amochavas	amochava	amochávamos	amocháveis	amochavam
Preterite	amochei	amochaste	amochou	amochamos1, amochámos2	amochastes	amocharam
Pluperfect	amochara	amocharas	amochara	amocháramos	amocháreis	amocharam
Future	amocharei	amocharás	amochará	amocharemos	amochareis	amocharão
Conditional	amocharia	amocharias	amocharia	amocharíamos	amocharíeis	amochariam
Subjunctive
Present	amoche	amoches	amoche	amochemos	amocheis	amochem
Imperfect	amochasse	amochasses	amochasse	amochássemos	amochásseis	amochassem
Future	amochar	amochares	amochar	amocharmos	amochardes	amocharem
Imperative
Affirmative		amocha	amoche	amochemos	amochai	amochem
Negative (não)		não amoches	não amoche	não amochemos	não amocheis	não amochem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “amochar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “amochar”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025
• “amochar”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2025
• “amochar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “amochar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “amochar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ mochar.

Prononciation

• IPA^(key): /amoˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [a.moˈt͡ʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧mo‧char

Verb

amochar (first-person singular present amocho, first-person singular preterite amoché, past participle amochado)

1. (Alava, Burgos, Cantabria, Palencia, La Rioja, Salamanca, Segovia, Soria, Vizcaya, Zamora, transitive) to hit

   Synonyms: golpear, ñacar, mochar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of amochar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			amochar
gerund			amochando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		amochado		amochada
		plural		amochados		amochadas
		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	amocho	amochastú amochásvos	amocha	amochamos	amocháis	amochan
	imperfect	amochaba	amochabas	amochaba	amochábamos	amochabais	amochaban
	preterite	amoché	amochaste	amochó	amochamos	amochasteis	amocharon
	future	amocharé	amocharás	amochará	amocharemos	amocharéis	amocharán
	conditional	amocharía	amocharías	amocharía	amocharíamos	amocharíais	amocharían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	amoche	amochestú amochésvos2	amoche	amochemos	amochéis	amochen
	imperfect (ra)	amochara	amocharas	amochara	amocháramos	amocharais	amocharan
	imperfect (se)	amochase	amochases	amochase	amochásemos	amochaseis	amochasen
	future1	amochare	amochares	amochare	amocháremos	amochareis	amocharen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		amochatú amochávos	amoche	amochemos	amochad	amochen
	negative		no amoches	no amoche	no amochemos	no amochéis	no amochen

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

    Selected combined forms of amochar

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 amochar	dative	amocharme	amocharte	amocharle, amocharse	amocharnos	amocharos	amocharles, amocharse
	accusative	amocharme	amocharte	amocharlo, amocharla, amocharse	amocharnos	amocharos	amocharlos, amocharlas, amocharse
with gerund amochando	dative	amochándome	amochándote	amochándole, amochándose	amochándonos	amochándoos	amochándoles, amochándose
	accusative	amochándome	amochándote	amochándolo, amochándola, amochándose	amochándonos	amochándoos	amochándolos, amochándolas, amochándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative amocha	dative	amóchame	amóchate	amóchale	amóchanos	not used	amóchales
	accusative	amóchame	amóchate	amóchalo, amóchala	amóchanos	not used	amóchalos, amóchalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative amochá	dative	amochame	amochate	amochale	amochanos	not used	amochales
	accusative	amochame	amochate	amochalo, amochala	amochanos	not used	amochalos, amochalas
with formal second-person singular imperative amoche	dative	amócheme	not used	amóchele, amóchese	amóchenos	not used	amócheles
	accusative	amócheme	not used	amóchelo, amóchela, amóchese	amóchenos	not used	amóchelos, amóchelas
with first-person plural imperative amochemos	dative	not used	amochémoste	amochémosle	amochémonos	amochémoos	amochémosles
	accusative	not used	amochémoste	amochémoslo, amochémosla	amochémonos	amochémoos	amochémoslos, amochémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative amochad	dative	amochadme	not used	amochadle	amochadnos	amochaos	amochadles
	accusative	amochadme	not used	amochadlo, amochadla	amochadnos	amochaos	amochadlos, amochadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative amochen	dative	amóchenme	not used	amóchenle	amóchennos	not used	amóchenles, amóchense
	accusative	amóchenme	not used	amóchenlo, amóchenla	amóchennos	not used	amóchenlos, amóchenlas, amóchense

Further reading

• “amochar”, 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