sancochar

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish soncocho +‎ -ar, from son- + cocho, former past participle of cozer (“to cook”) (compare modern Spanish cocer).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sankoˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [sãŋ.koˈt͡ʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: san‧co‧char

Verb

sancochar (first-person singular present sancocho, first-person singular preterite sancoché, past participle sancochado)

1. to parboil

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sancochar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			sancochar
gerund			sancochando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sancochado		sancochada
		plural		sancochados		sancochadas
		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	sancocho	sancochastú sancochásvos	sancocha	sancochamos	sancocháis	sancochan
	imperfect	sancochaba	sancochabas	sancochaba	sancochábamos	sancochabais	sancochaban
	preterite	sancoché	sancochaste	sancochó	sancochamos	sancochasteis	sancocharon
	future	sancocharé	sancocharás	sancochará	sancocharemos	sancocharéis	sancocharán
	conditional	sancocharía	sancocharías	sancocharía	sancocharíamos	sancocharíais	sancocharían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	sancoche	sancochestú sancochésvos2	sancoche	sancochemos	sancochéis	sancochen
	imperfect (ra)	sancochara	sancocharas	sancochara	sancocháramos	sancocharais	sancocharan
	imperfect (se)	sancochase	sancochases	sancochase	sancochásemos	sancochaseis	sancochasen
	future1	sancochare	sancochares	sancochare	sancocháremos	sancochareis	sancocharen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		sancochatú sancochávos	sancoche	sancochemos	sancochad	sancochen
	negative		no sancoches	no sancoche	no sancochemos	no sancochéis	no sancochen

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

    Selected combined forms of sancochar

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 sancochar
	dative	sancocharme	sancocharte	sancocharle, sancocharse	sancocharnos	sancocharos	sancocharles, sancocharse
	accusative	sancocharme	sancocharte	sancocharlo, sancocharla, sancocharse	sancocharnos	sancocharos	sancocharlos, sancocharlas, sancocharse
with gerund sancochando
	dative	sancochándome	sancochándote	sancochándole, sancochándose	sancochándonos	sancochándoos	sancochándoles, sancochándose
	accusative	sancochándome	sancochándote	sancochándolo, sancochándola, sancochándose	sancochándonos	sancochándoos	sancochándolos, sancochándolas, sancochándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative sancocha
	dative	sancóchame	sancóchate	sancóchale	sancóchanos	not used	sancóchales
	accusative	sancóchame	sancóchate	sancóchalo, sancóchala	sancóchanos	not used	sancóchalos, sancóchalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative sancochá
	dative	sancochame	sancochate	sancochale	sancochanos	not used	sancochales
	accusative	sancochame	sancochate	sancochalo, sancochala	sancochanos	not used	sancochalos, sancochalas
with formal second-person singular imperative sancoche
	dative	sancócheme	not used	sancóchele, sancóchese	sancóchenos	not used	sancócheles
	accusative	sancócheme	not used	sancóchelo, sancóchela, sancóchese	sancóchenos	not used	sancóchelos, sancóchelas
with first-person plural imperative sancochemos
	dative	not used	sancochémoste	sancochémosle	sancochémonos	sancochémoos	sancochémosles
	accusative	not used	sancochémoste	sancochémoslo, sancochémosla	sancochémonos	sancochémoos	sancochémoslos, sancochémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative sancochad
	dative	sancochadme	not used	sancochadle	sancochadnos	sancochaos	sancochadles
	accusative	sancochadme	not used	sancochadlo, sancochadla	sancochadnos	sancochaos	sancochadlos, sancochadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative sancochen
	dative	sancóchenme	not used	sancóchenle	sancóchennos	not used	sancóchenles, sancóchense
	accusative	sancóchenme	not used	sancóchenlo, sancóchenla	sancóchennos	not used	sancóchenlos, sancóchenlas, sancóchense

Further reading

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