cachar

See also: Cachar

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈt͡ʃaɾ/

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Vulgar Latin *captiāre. May simply be a borrowing from English catch, like Spanish cachar.

Verb

cachar (first-person singular present cacho, first-person singular preterite cachei, past participle cachado)

1. to surprise or to catch (someone who was hidden or was doing something illegal or embarrassing)
2. to catch (someone who was fleeing)
3. to catch (an idea)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cachar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cachar
Personal	cachar	cachares	cachar	cacharmos	cachardes	cacharen
Gerund
	cachando
Past participle
Masculine	cachado			cachados
Feminine	cachada			cachadas
Indicative
Present	cacho	cachas	cacha	cachamos	cachades	cachan
Imperfect	cachaba	cachabas	cachaba	cachabamos	cachabades	cachaban
Preterite	cachei	cachaches	cachou	cachamos	cachastes	cacharon
Pluperfect	cachara	cacharas	cachara	cacharamos	cacharades	cacharan
Future	cacharei	cacharás	cachará	cacharemos	cacharedes	cacharán
Conditional	cacharía	cacharías	cacharía	cachariamos	cachariades	cacharían
Subjunctive
Present	cache	caches	cache	cachemos	cachedes	cachen
Imperfect	cachase	cachases	cachase	cachásemos	cachásedes	cachasen
Future	cachar	cachares	cachar	cacharmos	cachardes	cacharen
Imperative
Affirmative		cacha	cache	cachemos	cachade	cachen
Negative (non)		non caches	non cache	non cachemos	non cachedes	non cachen

    Reintegrated conjugation of cachar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cachar
Personal	cachar	cachares	cachar	cacharmos	cachardes	cacharem
Gerund
	cachando
Past participle
Masculine	cachado			cachados
Feminine	cachada			cachadas
Indicative
Present	cacho	cachas	cacha	cachamos	cachades, cachais	cacham
Imperfect	cachava	cachavas	cachava	cachávamos	cachávades, cacháveis, cachávais1	cachavam
Preterite	cachei	cachaste, cachache1	cachou	cachamos	cachastes	cachárom, cacharam
Pluperfect	cachara	cacharas	cachara	cacháramos	cachárades, cacháreis, cachárais1	cacharam
Future	cacharei	cacharás	cachará	cacharemos	cacharedes, cachareis	cacharám, cacharão
Conditional	cacharia	cacharias	cacharia	cacharíamos	cacharíades, cacharíeis, cacharíais1	cachariam
Subjunctive
Present	cache	caches	cache	cachemos	cachedes, cacheis	cachem
Imperfect	cachasse	cachasses	cachasse	cachássemos	cachássedes, cachásseis	cachassem
Future	cachar	cachares	cachar	cacharmos	cachardes	cacharem
Imperative
Affirmative		cacha	cache	cachemos	cachade, cachai	cachem
Negative (nom)		nom caches	nom cache	nom cachemos	nom cachedes, nom cacheis	nom cachem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• cachada

Related terms

• cachear

Etymology 2

Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *cappulare (“to cut up”). In that case, cognate with French chapeler (“to cut”). Alternatively, from cacho.

Verb

cachar (first-person singular present cacho, first-person singular preterite cachei, past participle cachado)

1. to scrape land
2. to hoe
3. to slash and burn

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cachar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cachar
Personal	cachar	cachares	cachar	cacharmos	cachardes	cacharen
Gerund
	cachando
Past participle
Masculine	cachado			cachados
Feminine	cachada			cachadas
Indicative
Present	cacho	cachas	cacha	cachamos	cachades	cachan
Imperfect	cachaba	cachabas	cachaba	cachabamos	cachabades	cachaban
Preterite	cachei	cachaches	cachou	cachamos	cachastes	cacharon
Pluperfect	cachara	cacharas	cachara	cacharamos	cacharades	cacharan
Future	cacharei	cacharás	cachará	cacharemos	cacharedes	cacharán
Conditional	cacharía	cacharías	cacharía	cachariamos	cachariades	cacharían
Subjunctive
Present	cache	caches	cache	cachemos	cachedes	cachen
Imperfect	cachase	cachases	cachase	cachásemos	cachásedes	cachasen
Future	cachar	cachares	cachar	cacharmos	cachardes	cacharen
Imperative
Affirmative		cacha	cache	cachemos	cachade	cachen
Negative (non)		non caches	non cache	non cachemos	non cachedes	non cachen

    Reintegrated conjugation of cachar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cachar
Personal	cachar	cachares	cachar	cacharmos	cachardes	cacharem
Gerund
	cachando
Past participle
Masculine	cachado			cachados
Feminine	cachada			cachadas
Indicative
Present	cacho	cachas	cacha	cachamos	cachades, cachais	cacham
Imperfect	cachava	cachavas	cachava	cachávamos	cachávades, cacháveis, cachávais1	cachavam
Preterite	cachei	cachaste, cachache1	cachou	cachamos	cachastes	cachárom, cacharam
Pluperfect	cachara	cacharas	cachara	cacháramos	cachárades, cacháreis, cachárais1	cacharam
Future	cacharei	cacharás	cachará	cacharemos	cacharedes, cachareis	cacharám, cacharão
Conditional	cacharia	cacharias	cacharia	cacharíamos	cacharíades, cacharíeis, cacharíais1	cachariam
Subjunctive
Present	cache	caches	cache	cachemos	cachedes, cacheis	cachem
Imperfect	cachasse	cachasses	cachasse	cachássemos	cachássedes, cachásseis	cachassem
Future	cachar	cachares	cachar	cacharmos	cachardes	cacharem
Imperative
Affirmative		cacha	cache	cachemos	cachade, cachai	cachem
Negative (nom)		nom caches	nom cache	nom cachemos	nom cachedes, nom cacheis	nom cachem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• cachada
• cacharela

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cachar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cachar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “cachar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cachar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

cachar m

1. indefinite plural of cache

Occitan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *coacticāre, from Latin coactāre. Cf. French cacher.

Verb

cachar

1. to press (apply physical pressure)

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		cachar			aver cachat
gerund		cachant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		cachat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	cachi	cachas	cacha	cacham	cachatz	cachan
	imperfect	cachavi	cachavas	cachava	cachàvem	cachàvetz	cachavan
	preterite	cachèri	cachères	cachèt	cachèrem	cachèretz	cachèron
	future	cacharai	cacharàs	cacharà	cacharem	cacharetz	cacharàn
	conditional	cachariái	cachariás	cachariá	cachariam	cachariatz	cacharián
	conditional 2nd form1	cachèra	cachèras	cachèra	cacheram	cacheratz	cachèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	cache	caches	cache	cachem	cachetz	cachen
	imperfect	cachèssi	cachèsses	cachèsse	cachèssem	cachèssetz	cachèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			cacha		cachem	cachatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		cachar			aver cachat
gerund		cachant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		cachat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	cache	caches	cacha	cacham	cachatz	cachon
	imperfect	cachave	cachaves	cachava	cachaviam	cachaviatz	cachavon
	preterite	cachere	cacheres	cachet	cachem	cachetz	cacheron
	future	cacharai	cacharàs	cachará	cacharem	cacharetz	cacharán
	conditional	cachariá	cachariás	cachariá	cachariam	cachariatz	cacharián
	conditional 2nd form1	cachèra	cachèras	cachèra	cacheram	cacheratz	cachèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	cache	caches	cache	cachassiam	cachassiatz	cachon
	imperfect	cachesse	cachesses	cachesse	cachessiam	cachessiatz	cachesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			cacha		cachassiam	cachatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		cachar			aver cachat
gerund		cachant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		cachat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	cachi	cachas	cacha	cacham	cachatz	cachan
	imperfect	cachavi	cachavas	cachava	cachàvam	cachàvatz	cachavan
	preterite	cachèi	cachès	cachè	cachèm	cachètz	cachèn
	future	cacharèi	cacharàs	cacharà	cacharam	cacharatz	cacharàn
	conditional	cacharí	cacharés	cacharé	cacharem	cacharetz	cacharén
	conditional 2nd form1	cachèra	cachèras	cachèra	cacheram	cacheratz	cachèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	cachi	caches	cache	cachem	cachetz	cachen
	imperfect	cachèssi	cachèsses	cachèsse	cachèssem	cachèssetz	cachèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			cacha		cachem	cachatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		cachar			aver cachat
gerund		cachant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		cachat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	cache	cachas	cacha	cacham	cachatz	cachan
	imperfect	cachava	cachavas	cachava	cachàvam	cachàvatz	cachavan
	preterite	cachei	cacheras	cachet	cachèram	cachèratz	cacheran
	future	cacharai	cacharàs	cachará	cacharem	cacharetz	cacharán
	conditional	cachariá	cachariàs	cachariá	cachariam	cachariatz	cacharián
	conditional 2nd form1	cachèra	cachèras	cachèra	cacheram	cacheratz	cachèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	cache	caches	cache	cachem	cachetz	cachen
	imperfect	cachèsse	cachèsses	cachèsse	cachèssem	cachèssetz	cachèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			cacha		cachem	cachatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		cachar			aver cachat
gerund		cachant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		cachat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	cache	caches	cacha	cacham	cachatz	cachan
	imperfect	cachavi	cachavas	cachava	cachàvem	cachàvetz	cachavan
	preterite	cachère	cachères	cachèt	cacheriam	cacheriatz	cachèron
	future	cacharai	cacharàs	cacharà	cacharem	cacharetz	cacharàn
	conditional	cachariáu	cachariás	cachariá	cachariam	cachariatz	cacharián
	conditional 2nd form1	cachèra	cachèras	cachèra	cacheram	cacheratz	cachèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	cache	caches	cache	cachem	cachetz	cachan
	imperfect	cachèsse	cachèsses	cachèsse	cachessiam	cachessiatz	cachèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			cacha		cachem	cachatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Synonyms

• quichar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French cacher or Occitan cachar, from Latin coactāre. Related to agachar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʃa(ʁ)/ [kaˈʃa(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʃaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʃaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈt͡ʃaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʃa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ca‧char

Verb

cachar (first-person singular present cacho, first-person singular preterite cachei, past participle cachado)

1. (transitive) to hide

   Synonyms: ocultar, agachar

2. (transitive) to cover

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cachar (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	cachar
Personal	cachar	cachares	cachar	cacharmos	cachardes	cacharem
Gerund
	cachando
Past participle
Masculine	cachado			cachados
Feminine	cachada			cachadas
Indicative
Present	cacho	cachas	cacha	cachamos	cachais	cacham
Imperfect	cachava	cachavas	cachava	cachávamos	cacháveis	cachavam
Preterite	cachei	cachaste	cachou	cachamos1, cachámos2	cachastes	cacharam
Pluperfect	cachara	cacharas	cachara	cacháramos	cacháreis	cacharam
Future	cacharei	cacharás	cachará	cacharemos	cachareis	cacharão
Conditional	cacharia	cacharias	cacharia	cacharíamos	cacharíeis	cachariam
Subjunctive
Present	cache	caches	cache	cachemos	cacheis	cachem
Imperfect	cachasse	cachasses	cachasse	cachássemos	cachásseis	cachassem
Future	cachar	cachares	cachar	cacharmos	cachardes	cacharem
Imperative
Affirmative		cacha	cache	cachemos	cachai	cachem
Negative (não)		não caches	não cache	não cachemos	não cacheis	não cachem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

Believed to be borrowed from English catch. Doublet of cazar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [kaˈt͡ʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧char

Verb

cachar (first-person singular present cacho, first-person singular preterite caché, past participle cachado)

1. to catch (to intercept)

   Synonyms: coger, agarrar, pescar, pillar, prender

   • 1926, Roberto Arlt, “Los ladrones”, in El juguete rabioso:

     Con ira mal reprimida, respondí: A mí no me cachan. Antes matar.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, colloquial) to catch, to get (to grasp mentally: perceive and understand)

   Synonyms: entender, captar

3. (Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, colloquial) to find out, spy out, peek

   Synonyms: averiguar, mirar

4. (Chile, Peru, vulgar) to have sex

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:joder

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cachar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			cachar
gerund			cachando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cachado		cachada
		plural		cachados		cachadas
		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	cacho	cachastú cachásvos	cacha	cachamos	cacháis	cachan
	imperfect	cachaba	cachabas	cachaba	cachábamos	cachabais	cachaban
	preterite	caché	cachaste	cachó	cachamos	cachasteis	cacharon
	future	cacharé	cacharás	cachará	cacharemos	cacharéis	cacharán
	conditional	cacharía	cacharías	cacharía	cacharíamos	cacharíais	cacharían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cache	cachestú cachésvos2	cache	cachemos	cachéis	cachen
	imperfect (ra)	cachara	cacharas	cachara	cacháramos	cacharais	cacharan
	imperfect (se)	cachase	cachases	cachase	cachásemos	cachaseis	cachasen
	future1	cachare	cachares	cachare	cacháremos	cachareis	cacharen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cachatú cachávos	cache	cachemos	cachad	cachen
	negative		no caches	no cache	no cachemos	no cachéis	no cachen

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

    Selected combined forms of cachar

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 cachar	dative	cacharme	cacharte	cacharle, cacharse	cacharnos	cacharos	cacharles, cacharse
	accusative	cacharme	cacharte	cacharlo, cacharla, cacharse	cacharnos	cacharos	cacharlos, cacharlas, cacharse
with gerund cachando	dative	cachándome	cachándote	cachándole, cachándose	cachándonos	cachándoos	cachándoles, cachándose
	accusative	cachándome	cachándote	cachándolo, cachándola, cachándose	cachándonos	cachándoos	cachándolos, cachándolas, cachándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cacha	dative	cáchame	cáchate	cáchale	cáchanos	not used	cáchales
	accusative	cáchame	cáchate	cáchalo, cáchala	cáchanos	not used	cáchalos, cáchalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative cachá	dative	cachame	cachate	cachale	cachanos	not used	cachales
	accusative	cachame	cachate	cachalo, cachala	cachanos	not used	cachalos, cachalas
with formal second-person singular imperative cache	dative	cácheme	not used	cáchele, cáchese	cáchenos	not used	cácheles
	accusative	cácheme	not used	cáchelo, cáchela, cáchese	cáchenos	not used	cáchelos, cáchelas
with first-person plural imperative cachemos	dative	not used	cachémoste	cachémosle	cachémonos	cachémoos	cachémosles
	accusative	not used	cachémoste	cachémoslo, cachémosla	cachémonos	cachémoos	cachémoslos, cachémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative cachad	dative	cachadme	not used	cachadle	cachadnos	cachaos	cachadles
	accusative	cachadme	not used	cachadlo, cachadla	cachadnos	cachaos	cachadlos, cachadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative cachen	dative	cáchenme	not used	cáchenle	cáchennos	not used	cáchenles, cáchense
	accusative	cáchenme	not used	cáchenlo, cáchenla	cáchennos	not used	cáchenlos, cáchenlas, cáchense

Related terms

• cachera
• cachero

 

Further reading

• “cachar”, 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

Anagrams

• charca