bachear

Spanish

Etymology

From bache +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bat͡ʃeˈaɾ/ [ba.t͡ʃeˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ba‧che‧ar

Verb

bachear (first-person singular present bacheo, first-person singular preterite bacheé, past participle bacheado)

1. (transitive) to repair a road full of potholes

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bachear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			bachear
gerund			bacheando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		bacheado		bacheada
		plural		bacheados		bacheadas
		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	bacheo	bacheastú bacheásvos	bachea	bacheamos	bacheáis	bachean
	imperfect	bacheaba	bacheabas	bacheaba	bacheábamos	bacheabais	bacheaban
	preterite	bacheé	bacheaste	bacheó	bacheamos	bacheasteis	bachearon
	future	bachearé	bachearás	bacheará	bachearemos	bachearéis	bachearán
	conditional	bachearía	bachearías	bachearía	bachearíamos	bachearíais	bachearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	bachee	bacheestú bacheésvos2	bachee	bacheemos	bacheéis	bacheen
	imperfect (ra)	bacheara	bachearas	bacheara	bacheáramos	bachearais	bachearan
	imperfect (se)	bachease	bacheases	bachease	bacheásemos	bacheaseis	bacheasen
	future1	bacheare	bacheares	bacheare	bacheáremos	bacheareis	bachearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		bacheatú bacheávos	bachee	bacheemos	bachead	bacheen
	negative		no bachees	no bachee	no bacheemos	no bacheéis	no bacheen

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

Derived terms

• bacheo

Further reading

• “bachear”, 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