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Spanish
Etymology
From a- + Classical Nahuatl pātzoā (“to bruise, crush, mash”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /apaˈt͡ʃaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧pa‧char
Verb
apachar (first-person singular present apacho, first-person singular preterite apaché, past participle apachado)
- (El Salvador, Honduras) to crush, to mangle
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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