apapachar

Spanish

Alternative forms

• apapuchar

Etymology

Reduplication of apachar from Classical Nahuatl pahpātzoā (“to bruise, mash, dint”), a reduplication of synonymous pātzoā (whence Spanish apachar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apapaˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [a.pa.paˈt͡ʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧pa‧pa‧char

Verb

apapachar (first-person singular present apapacho, first-person singular preterite apapaché, past participle apapachado)

1. (Mexico, Honduras) to cuddle

Conjugation

    Conjugation of apapachar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			apapachar
gerund			apapachando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		apapachado		apapachada
		plural		apapachados		apapachadas
		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	apapacho	apapachastú apapachásvos	apapacha	apapachamos	apapacháis	apapachan
	imperfect	apapachaba	apapachabas	apapachaba	apapachábamos	apapachabais	apapachaban
	preterite	apapaché	apapachaste	apapachó	apapachamos	apapachasteis	apapacharon
	future	apapacharé	apapacharás	apapachará	apapacharemos	apapacharéis	apapacharán
	conditional	apapacharía	apapacharías	apapacharía	apapacharíamos	apapacharíais	apapacharían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	apapache	apapachestú apapachésvos2	apapache	apapachemos	apapachéis	apapachen
	imperfect (ra)	apapachara	apapacharas	apapachara	apapacháramos	apapacharais	apapacharan
	imperfect (se)	apapachase	apapachases	apapachase	apapachásemos	apapachaseis	apapachasen
	future1	apapachare	apapachares	apapachare	apapacháremos	apapachareis	apapacharen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		apapachatú apapachávos	apapache	apapachemos	apapachad	apapachen
	negative		no apapaches	no apapache	no apapachemos	no apapachéis	no apapachen

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

Derived terms

• apapacho

 

Related terms

• apachar

 

Further reading

• “apapachar”, 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
• apapachar | Diccionario de americanismos | ASALE
• apapuchar | Definición | Diccionario de la lengua española | RAE - ASALE
• apapuchar | Diccionario de americanismos | ASALE