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Spanish
Etymology
Uncertain; proposed are Italian schiacciare (“to crush”), Ligurian scracâ, or English scratch.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eskɾaˈt͡ʃaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: es‧cra‧char
Verb
escrachar (first-person singular present escracho, first-person singular preterite escraché, past participle escrachado)
- (Argentina, Uruguay) to knock down; knock over
- Synonyms: romper, destruir, aplastar
- (Argentina, Uruguay) to give away; rat on
- (Argentina, Uruguay) to publicly shame someone for their illegal actions or gross misconduct
- Synonym: (Chile) funar
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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