pichar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• pixar (nonstandard)

Etymology

From piche +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /piˈʃaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /piˈʃaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /piˈt͡ʃaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /piˈʃa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: pi‧char

Verb

pichar (first-person singular present picho, first-person singular preterite pichei, past participle pichado)

1. (transitive) to pitch (to cover or smear with pitch)
2. (transitive) to scribble, to write (walls, building facades, etc.)
3. (ambitransitive, colloquial, figuratively) to badmouth

   Synonyms: falar mal, maldizer

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pichar (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	pichar
Personal	pichar	pichares	pichar	picharmos	pichardes	picharem
Gerund
	pichando
Past participle
Masculine	pichado			pichados
Feminine	pichada			pichadas
Indicative
Present	picho	pichas	picha	pichamos	pichais	picham
Imperfect	pichava	pichavas	pichava	pichávamos	picháveis	pichavam
Preterite	pichei	pichaste	pichou	pichamos1, pichámos2	pichastes	picharam
Pluperfect	pichara	picharas	pichara	picháramos	picháreis	picharam
Future	picharei	picharás	pichará	picharemos	pichareis	picharão
Conditional	picharia	picharias	picharia	picharíamos	picharíeis	pichariam
Subjunctive
Present	piche	piches	piche	pichemos	picheis	pichem
Imperfect	pichasse	pichasses	pichasse	pichássemos	pichásseis	pichassem
Future	pichar	pichares	pichar	picharmos	pichardes	picharem
Imperative
Affirmative		picha	piche	pichemos	pichai	pichem
Negative (não)		não piches	não piche	não pichemos	não picheis	não pichem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• pichação
• pichado
• pichador
• pichagem

Further reading

• “pichar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “pichar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “pichar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “pichar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “pichar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English pitch.

Alternative forms

• pichear

Verb

pichar (first-person singular present picho, first-person singular preterite piché, past participle pichado)

1. (Latin America, baseball) to pitch

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pichar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			pichar
gerund			pichando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pichado		pichada
		plural		pichados		pichadas
		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	picho	pichastú pichásvos	picha	pichamos	picháis	pichan
	imperfect	pichaba	pichabas	pichaba	pichábamos	pichabais	pichaban
	preterite	piché	pichaste	pichó	pichamos	pichasteis	picharon
	future	picharé	picharás	pichará	picharemos	picharéis	picharán
	conditional	picharía	picharías	picharía	picharíamos	picharíais	picharían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	piche	pichestú pichésvos2	piche	pichemos	pichéis	pichen
	imperfect (ra)	pichara	picharas	pichara	picháramos	picharais	picharan
	imperfect (se)	pichase	pichases	pichase	pichásemos	pichaseis	pichasen
	future1	pichare	pichares	pichare	picháremos	pichareis	picharen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		pichatú pichávos	piche	pichemos	pichad	pichen
	negative		no piches	no piche	no pichemos	no pichéis	no pichen

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

Etymology 2

From picha (“penis”) +‎ -ar.

Verb

pichar (first-person singular present picho, first-person singular preterite piché, past participle pichado)

1. (vulgar) to fuck
2. (colloquial) to urinate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pichar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			pichar
gerund			pichando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pichado		pichada
		plural		pichados		pichadas
		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	picho	pichastú pichásvos	picha	pichamos	picháis	pichan
	imperfect	pichaba	pichabas	pichaba	pichábamos	pichabais	pichaban
	preterite	piché	pichaste	pichó	pichamos	pichasteis	picharon
	future	picharé	picharás	pichará	picharemos	picharéis	picharán
	conditional	picharía	picharías	picharía	picharíamos	picharíais	picharían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	piche	pichestú pichésvos2	piche	pichemos	pichéis	pichen
	imperfect (ra)	pichara	picharas	pichara	picháramos	picharais	picharan
	imperfect (se)	pichase	pichases	pichase	pichásemos	pichaseis	pichasen
	future1	pichare	pichares	pichare	picháremos	pichareis	picharen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		pichatú pichávos	piche	pichemos	pichad	pichen
	negative		no piches	no piche	no pichemos	no pichéis	no pichen

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

Further reading

• “pichar”, 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