cachar

• IPA^(key): /kaˈt͡ʃaɾ/

Ultimately from Vulgar Latin *captiāre.[1] May simply be a borrowing from English catch, like Spanish cachar.

cachar (first-person singular present cacho, first-person singular preterite cachei, past participle cachado)

1. to surprise or to catch (someone who was hidden or was doing something illegal or embarrassing)
2. to catch (someone who was fleeing)
3. to catch (an idea)

• cachada

• cachear

Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *cappulare (“to cut up”). In that case, cognate with French chapeler (“to cut”).[2][3] Alternatively, from cacho.[4]

cachar (first-person singular present cacho, first-person singular preterite cachei, past participle cachado)

1. to scrape land
2. to hoe
3. to slash and burn

• cachada
• cacharela

• “cachar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cachar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cachar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “cachar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

cachar m

1. indefinite plural of cache

From Vulgar Latin *coacticāre, from Latin coactāre. Cf. French cacher.

cachar

1. to press (apply physical pressure)

• quichar

Borrowed from French cacher or Occitan cachar, from Latin coactāre. Related to agachar.

• Hyphenation: ca‧char

cachar (first-person singular present cacho, first-person singular preterite cachei, past participle cachado)

1. (transitive) to hide

   Synonyms: ocultar, agachar

2. (transitive) to cover

Believed to be borrowed from English catch. Doublet of cazar.

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

cachar (first-person singular present cacho, first-person singular preterite caché, past participle cachado)

1. to catch (to intercept)

   Synonyms: coger, agarrar, pescar, pillar, prender

   • 1926, Roberto Arlt, “Los ladrones”, in El juguete rabioso:

     Con ira mal reprimida, respondí: A mí no me cachan. Antes matar.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, colloquial) to catch, to get (to grasp mentally: perceive and understand)

   Synonyms: entender, captar

3. (Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, colloquial) to find out, spy out, peek

   Synonyms: averiguar, mirar

4. (Chile, Peru, vulgar) to have sex

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:joder

• “cachar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

• charca