cachurear

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kat͡ʃuɾeˈaɾ/ [ka.t͡ʃu.ɾeˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧chu‧re‧ar

Verb

cachurear (first-person singular present cachureo, first-person singular preterite cachureé, past participle cachureado)

1. (Chile, colloquial) to rummage around in junk

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cachurear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			cachurear
gerund			cachureando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cachureado		cachureada
		plural		cachureados		cachureadas
		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	cachureo	cachureastú cachureásvos	cachurea	cachureamos	cachureáis	cachurean
	imperfect	cachureaba	cachureabas	cachureaba	cachureábamos	cachureabais	cachureaban
	preterite	cachureé	cachureaste	cachureó	cachureamos	cachureasteis	cachurearon
	future	cachurearé	cachurearás	cachureará	cachurearemos	cachurearéis	cachurearán
	conditional	cachurearía	cachurearías	cachurearía	cachurearíamos	cachurearíais	cachurearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cachuree	cachureestú cachureésvos2	cachuree	cachureemos	cachureéis	cachureen
	imperfect (ra)	cachureara	cachurearas	cachureara	cachureáramos	cachurearais	cachurearan
	imperfect (se)	cachurease	cachureases	cachurease	cachureásemos	cachureaseis	cachureasen
	future1	cachureare	cachureares	cachureare	cachureáremos	cachureareis	cachurearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cachureatú cachureávos	cachuree	cachureemos	cachuread	cachureen
	negative		no cachurees	no cachuree	no cachureemos	no cachureéis	no cachureen

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

Further reading

• “cachurear”, 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