lechar

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Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /leˈt͡ʃaɾ/
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: le‧char

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin lactāris.

Adjective

lechar m or f (masculine and feminine plural lechares)

milky

Related terms

Etymology 2

From leche.

Verb

lechar (first-person singular present lecho, first-person singular preterite leché, past participle lechado)

(Latin America) to milk
Synonym: ordeñar
(Latin America) to whitewash
Synonym: enjalbegar

Conjugation

Conjugation of lechar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			lechar
gerund			lechando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		lechado		lechada
		plural		lechados		lechadas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	lecho	lechas^{^tú} lechás^{^vos}	lecha	lechamos	lecháis	lechan
	imperfect	lechaba	lechabas	lechaba	lechábamos	lechabais	lechaban
	preterite	leché	lechaste	lechó	lechamos	lechasteis	lecharon
	future	lecharé	lecharás	lechará	lecharemos	lecharéis	lecharán
	conditional	lecharía	lecharías	lecharía	lecharíamos	lecharíais	lecharían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	leche	leches^{^tú} lechés^{^vos²}	leche	lechemos	lechéis	lechen
	imperfect (ra)	lechara	lecharas	lechara	lecháramos	lecharais	lecharan
	imperfect (se)	lechase	lechases	lechase	lechásemos	lechaseis	lechasen
	future¹	lechare	lechares	lechare	lecháremos	lechareis	lecharen

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		lecha^{^tú} lechá^{^vos}	leche	lechemos	lechad	lechen
	negative		no leches	no leche	no lechemos	no lechéis	no lechen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Derived terms

lechada (“whitewash, grout”)

Further reading

“lechar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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