escachar

From es- +‎ cacho (“piece, fragment”).

• IPA^(key): /eskaˈt͡ʃaɾ/

escachar (first-person singular present escacho, first-person singular preterite escachei, past participle escachado)

1. (transitive) to tear to pieces; to smash

   Synonyms: esmendrellar, esnacar, esnaquizar

2. (transitive) to smash

   Synonym: esfachar

3. to split one's sides laughing

   Synonym: esmendrellar

   • 2016, Malandromeda (lyrics and music), “Os Calcetíns de Drácula”:

     alguén está comendo os chuletóns todos deste mundo
     e ti escachando coa risa de vexetariana

     someone is eating all the t-bone sticks of this world
     while you split your sides with that vegan laughing

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “escachar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “escachar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “escachar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “escachar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “escachar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• Hyphenation: es‧ca‧char

escachar (first-person singular present escacho, first-person singular preterite escachei, past participle escachado)

1. (transitive) to separate (the members of the body)
2. (transitive) to open (the legs)
3. (transitive) to break in half
4. (transitive) to crack; cleave

From es- +‎ cachar.

• IPA^(key): /eskaˈt͡ʃaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: es‧ca‧char

escachar (first-person singular present escacho, first-person singular preterite escaché, past participle escachado)

1. to smash; squash
2. to tear up

• “escachar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10