pochar

Spanish

Alternative forms

• pochear

Etymology

Borrowed from French pocher.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

pochar (first-person singular present pocho, first-person singular preterite poché, past participle pochado)

1. (cooking) to poach

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pochar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			pochar
gerund			pochando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pochado		pochada
		plural		pochados		pochadas
		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	pocho	pochastú pochásvos	pocha	pochamos	pocháis	pochan
	imperfect	pochaba	pochabas	pochaba	pochábamos	pochabais	pochaban
	preterite	poché	pochaste	pochó	pochamos	pochasteis	pocharon
	future	pocharé	pocharás	pochará	pocharemos	pocharéis	pocharán
	conditional	pocharía	pocharías	pocharía	pocharíamos	pocharíais	pocharían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	poche	pochestú pochésvos2	poche	pochemos	pochéis	pochen
	imperfect (ra)	pochara	pocharas	pochara	pocháramos	pocharais	pocharan
	imperfect (se)	pochase	pochases	pochase	pochásemos	pochaseis	pochasen
	future1	pochare	pochares	pochare	pocháremos	pochareis	pocharen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		pochatú pochávos	poche	pochemos	pochad	pochen
	negative		no poches	no poche	no pochemos	no pochéis	no pochen

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

Further reading

• “pochar”, 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