escrache

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See also: escraché

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈkɾat͡ʃe/
  • Rhymes: -atʃe
  • Syllabification: es‧cra‧che

Etymology 1

Deverbal from escrachar (“to knock down”).

Noun

escrache m (plural escraches)

  1. public demonstration
    • 2019 July 7, Nando Cruz, “Perreando contra Blackstone”, in El Periódico‎:
      De igual modo que el Primavera Sound auspicia conciertos en los barrios […] este festival también promueve acciones fuera del Raval. Por ejemplo, un escrache en la Bonanova; delante de la casa de uno de los embajadores del fondo buitre estadounidense.
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    • 2015 September 22, “Arrimadas: “Si gana Mas, perderemos el pasaporte europeo””, in El País‎:
      Hemos visto ejemplos recientes de familias que lo han pedido y han tenido escraches en su casa, amenazas y han tenido que retirar la petición.
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Etymology 2

Verb

escrache

  1. inflection of escrachar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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