ranchar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ranˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [rãnʲˈt͡ʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ran‧char

Verb

ranchar (first-person singular present rancho, first-person singular preterite ranché, past participle ranchado)

1. (Argentina, Chile) to hang out in someone's house

   Synonyms: pasar el rato, pasar el tiempo

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ranchar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			ranchar
gerund			ranchando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ranchado		ranchada
		plural		ranchados		ranchadas
		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	rancho	ranchastú ranchásvos	rancha	ranchamos	rancháis	ranchan
	imperfect	ranchaba	ranchabas	ranchaba	ranchábamos	ranchabais	ranchaban
	preterite	ranché	ranchaste	ranchó	ranchamos	ranchasteis	rancharon
	future	rancharé	rancharás	ranchará	rancharemos	rancharéis	rancharán
	conditional	rancharía	rancharías	rancharía	rancharíamos	rancharíais	rancharían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ranche	ranchestú ranchésvos2	ranche	ranchemos	ranchéis	ranchen
	imperfect (ra)	ranchara	rancharas	ranchara	rancháramos	rancharais	rancharan
	imperfect (se)	ranchase	ranchases	ranchase	ranchásemos	ranchaseis	ranchasen
	future1	ranchare	ranchares	ranchare	rancháremos	ranchareis	rancharen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		ranchatú ranchávos	ranche	ranchemos	ranchad	ranchen
	negative		no ranches	no ranche	no ranchemos	no ranchéis	no ranchen

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

    Selected combined forms of ranchar

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 ranchar
	dative	rancharme	rancharte	rancharle, rancharse	rancharnos	rancharos	rancharles, rancharse
	accusative	rancharme	rancharte	rancharlo, rancharla, rancharse	rancharnos	rancharos	rancharlos, rancharlas, rancharse
with gerund ranchando
	dative	ranchándome	ranchándote	ranchándole, ranchándose	ranchándonos	ranchándoos	ranchándoles, ranchándose
	accusative	ranchándome	ranchándote	ranchándolo, ranchándola, ranchándose	ranchándonos	ranchándoos	ranchándolos, ranchándolas, ranchándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative rancha
	dative	ránchame	ránchate	ránchale	ránchanos	not used	ránchales
	accusative	ránchame	ránchate	ránchalo, ránchala	ránchanos	not used	ránchalos, ránchalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative ranchá
	dative	ranchame	ranchate	ranchale	ranchanos	not used	ranchales
	accusative	ranchame	ranchate	ranchalo, ranchala	ranchanos	not used	ranchalos, ranchalas
with formal second-person singular imperative ranche
	dative	ráncheme	not used	ránchele, ránchese	ránchenos	not used	ráncheles
	accusative	ráncheme	not used	ránchelo, ránchela, ránchese	ránchenos	not used	ránchelos, ránchelas
with first-person plural imperative ranchemos
	dative	not used	ranchémoste	ranchémosle	ranchémonos	ranchémoos	ranchémosles
	accusative	not used	ranchémoste	ranchémoslo, ranchémosla	ranchémonos	ranchémoos	ranchémoslos, ranchémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative ranchad
	dative	ranchadme	not used	ranchadle	ranchadnos	ranchaos	ranchadles
	accusative	ranchadme	not used	ranchadlo, ranchadla	ranchadnos	ranchaos	ranchadlos, ranchadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative ranchen
	dative	ránchenme	not used	ránchenle	ránchennos	not used	ránchenles, ránchense
	accusative	ránchenme	not used	ránchenlo, ránchenla	ránchennos	not used	ránchenlos, ránchenlas, ránchense

Further reading

• “ranchar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28