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

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cachar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cachar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “cachar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cachar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

cachar m

1. indefinite plural of cache

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

cachar

1. to press (apply physical pressure)

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		cachar			aver cachat
gerund		cachant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		cachat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	cachi	cachas	cacha	cacham	cachatz	cachan
	imperfect	cachavi	cachavas	cachava	cachàvem	cachàvetz	cachavan
	preterite	cachèri	cachères	cachèt	cachèrem	cachèretz	cachèron
	future	cacharai	cacharàs	cacharà	cacharem	cacharetz	cacharàn
	conditional	cachariái	cachariás	cachariá	cachariam	cachariatz	cacharián
	conditional 2nd form1	cachèra	cachèras	cachèra	cacheram	cacheratz	cachèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	cache	caches	cache	cachem	cachetz	cachen
	imperfect	cachèssi	cachèsses	cachèsse	cachèssem	cachèssetz	cachèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			cacha		cachem	cachatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		cachar			aver cachat
gerund		cachant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		cachat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	cache	caches	cacha	cacham	cachatz	cachon
	imperfect	cachave	cachaves	cachava	cachaviam	cachaviatz	cachavon
	preterite	cachere	cacheres	cachet	cachem	cachetz	cacheron
	future	cacharai	cacharàs	cachará	cacharem	cacharetz	cacharán
	conditional	cachariá	cachariás	cachariá	cachariam	cachariatz	cacharián
	conditional 2nd form1	cachèra	cachèras	cachèra	cacheram	cacheratz	cachèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	cache	caches	cache	cachassiam	cachassiatz	cachon
	imperfect	cachesse	cachesses	cachesse	cachessiam	cachessiatz	cachesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			cacha		cachassiam	cachatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		cachar			aver cachat
gerund		cachant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		cachat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	cachi	cachas	cacha	cacham	cachatz	cachan
	imperfect	cachavi	cachavas	cachava	cachàvam	cachàvatz	cachavan
	preterite	cachèi	cachès	cachè	cachèm	cachètz	cachèn
	future	cacharèi	cacharàs	cacharà	cacharam	cacharatz	cacharàn
	conditional	cacharí	cacharés	cacharé	cacharem	cacharetz	cacharén
	conditional 2nd form1	cachèra	cachèras	cachèra	cacheram	cacheratz	cachèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	cachi	caches	cache	cachem	cachetz	cachen
	imperfect	cachèssi	cachèsses	cachèsse	cachèssem	cachèssetz	cachèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			cacha		cachem	cachatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		cachar			aver cachat
gerund		cachant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		cachat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	cache	cachas	cacha	cacham	cachatz	cachan
	imperfect	cachava	cachavas	cachava	cachàvam	cachàvatz	cachavan
	preterite	cachei	cacheras	cachet	cachèram	cachèratz	cacheran
	future	cacharai	cacharàs	cachará	cacharem	cacharetz	cacharán
	conditional	cachariá	cachariàs	cachariá	cachariam	cachariatz	cacharián
	conditional 2nd form1	cachèra	cachèras	cachèra	cacheram	cacheratz	cachèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	cache	caches	cache	cachem	cachetz	cachen
	imperfect	cachèsse	cachèsses	cachèsse	cachèssem	cachèssetz	cachèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			cacha		cachem	cachatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		cachar			aver cachat
gerund		cachant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		cachat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	cache	caches	cacha	cacham	cachatz	cachan
	imperfect	cachavi	cachavas	cachava	cachàvem	cachàvetz	cachavan
	preterite	cachère	cachères	cachèt	cacheriam	cacheriatz	cachèron
	future	cacharai	cacharàs	cacharà	cacharem	cacharetz	cacharàn
	conditional	cachariáu	cachariás	cachariá	cachariam	cachariatz	cacharián
	conditional 2nd form1	cachèra	cachèras	cachèra	cacheram	cacheratz	cachèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	cache	caches	cache	cachem	cachetz	cachan
	imperfect	cachèsse	cachèsses	cachèsse	cachessiam	cachessiatz	cachèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			cacha		cachem	cachatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

• 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/
• 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

• charca