canchar

From cancha (“pitch, open place, field etc.”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /kanˈt͡ʃaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: can‧char

canchar (first-person singular present cancho, first-person singular preterite canché, past participle canchado)

1. (technical term in the production of mate, transitive) to perform the first milling of the leaves of, crushing the leaves broadly before ageing
2. (Argentina and Paraguay, transitive) to toast, to roast

   Synonym: tostar

3. (Argentina) to play with each other’s hands attempting to slap them and stop them
4. (Argentina, fencing) synonym of vistear
5. (Peru, of services, transitive) to sell, to put on the market

   Synonym: vender

6. (probably obsolete Colombia slang, reflexive plus direct object, of an item of clothing) to put on, to don

   Synonym: ponerse

7. (probably obsolete Colombia slang, transitive, of a spinning top) to lose

   Synonym: perder

• Morínigo, Marcos Augusto (1985) “canchar”, in Diccionario de americanismos (in Spanish), Barcelona: Muchnik Editores, →ISBN, page 121a
• Sánchez Arévalo, Francisco (1950) “Notas sobre el lenguaje de Río de Oro”, in Thesaurus. Boletín del Instituto Caro y Cuervo‎ (in Spanish), volume 6, number 2, page 224