acechar

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin assectārī. Doublet of asechar.

Pronunciation

Verb

acechar (first-person singular present acecho, first-person singular preterite aceché, past participle acechado)

  1. (transitive) to lurk, to lie in wait for, waylay, watch out for
  2. (transitive) to spy, stalk
    Synonyms: espiar, avizorar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of acechar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive acechar
gerund acechando
past participle masculine feminine
singular acechado acechada
plural acechados acechadas
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 acecho acechastú
acechásvos 		acecha acechamos acecháis acechan
imperfect acechaba acechabas acechaba acechábamos acechabais acechaban
preterite aceché acechaste acechó acechamos acechasteis acecharon
future acecharé acecharás acechará acecharemos acecharéis acecharán
conditional acecharía acecharías acecharía acecharíamos acecharíais acecharían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present aceche acechestú
acechésvos2 		aceche acechemos acechéis acechen
imperfect
(ra) 		acechara acecharas acechara acecháramos acecharais acecharan
imperfect
(se) 		acechase acechases acechase acechásemos acechaseis acechasen
future1 acechare acechares acechare acecháremos acechareis acecharen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative acechatú
acechávos 		aceche acechemos acechad acechen
negative no aceches no aceche no acechemos no acechéis no acechen

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

    Selected combined forms of acechar

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 acechar
dative acecharme acecharte acecharle, acecharse acecharnos acecharos acecharles, acecharse
accusative acecharme acecharte acecharlo, acecharla, acecharse acecharnos acecharos acecharlos, acecharlas, acecharse
with gerund acechando
dative acechándome acechándote acechándole, acechándose acechándonos acechándoos acechándoles, acechándose
accusative acechándome acechándote acechándolo, acechándola, acechándose acechándonos acechándoos acechándolos, acechándolas, acechándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative acecha
dative acéchame acéchate acéchale acéchanos not used acéchales
accusative acéchame acéchate acéchalo, acéchala acéchanos not used acéchalos, acéchalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative acechá
dative acechame acechate acechale acechanos not used acechales
accusative acechame acechate acechalo, acechala acechanos not used acechalos, acechalas
with formal second-person singular imperative aceche
dative acécheme not used acéchele, acéchese acéchenos not used acécheles
accusative acécheme not used acéchelo, acéchela, acéchese acéchenos not used acéchelos, acéchelas
with first-person plural imperative acechemos
dative not used acechémoste acechémosle acechémonos acechémoos acechémosles
accusative not used acechémoste acechémoslo, acechémosla acechémonos acechémoos acechémoslos, acechémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative acechad
dative acechadme not used acechadle acechadnos acechaos acechadles
accusative acechadme not used acechadlo, acechadla acechadnos acechaos acechadlos, acechadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative acechen
dative acéchenme not used acéchenle acéchennos not used acéchenles, acéchense
accusative acéchenme not used acéchenlo, acéchenla acéchennos not used acéchenlos, acéchenlas, acéchense

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