machacar

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mat͡ʃaˈkaɾ/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ma‧cha‧car

Verb

machacar (first-person singular present machaco, first-person singular preterite machaqué, past participle machacado)

  1. (transitive) to crush
  2. (basketball) to dunk

Conjugation

    Conjugation of machacar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive machacar
gerund machacando
past participle masculine feminine
singular machacado machacada
plural machacados machacadas
singular plural
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 machaco machacastú
machacásvos 		machaca machacamos machacáis machacan
imperfect machacaba machacabas machacaba machacábamos machacabais machacaban
preterite machaqué machacaste machacó machacamos machacasteis machacaron
future machacaré machacarás machacará machacaremos machacaréis machacarán
conditional machacaría machacarías machacaría machacaríamos machacaríais machacarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present machaque machaquestú
machaquésvos2 		machaque machaquemos machaquéis machaquen
imperfect
(ra) 		machacara machacaras machacara machacáramos machacarais machacaran
imperfect
(se) 		machacase machacases machacase machacásemos machacaseis machacasen
future1 machacare machacares machacare machacáremos machacareis machacaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative machacatú
machacávos 		machaque machaquemos machacad machaquen
negative no machaques no machaque no machaquemos no machaquéis no machaquen

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

    Selected combined forms of machacar (c-qu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive machacar
dative machacarme machacarte machacarle, machacarse machacarnos machacaros machacarles, machacarse
accusative machacarme machacarte machacarlo, machacarla, machacarse machacarnos machacaros machacarlos, machacarlas, machacarse
with gerund machacando
dative machacándome machacándote machacándole, machacándose machacándonos machacándoos machacándoles, machacándose
accusative machacándome machacándote machacándolo, machacándola, machacándose machacándonos machacándoos machacándolos, machacándolas, machacándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative machaca
dative machácame machácate machácale machácanos not used machácales
accusative machácame machácate machácalo, machácala machácanos not used machácalos, machácalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative machacá
dative machacame machacate machacale machacanos not used machacales
accusative machacame machacate machacalo, machacala machacanos not used machacalos, machacalas
with formal second-person singular imperative machaque
dative macháqueme not used macháquele, macháquese macháquenos not used macháqueles
accusative macháqueme not used macháquelo, macháquela, macháquese macháquenos not used macháquelos, macháquelas
with first-person plural imperative machaquemos
dative not used machaquémoste machaquémosle machaquémonos machaquémoos machaquémosles
accusative not used machaquémoste machaquémoslo, machaquémosla machaquémonos machaquémoos machaquémoslos, machaquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative machacad
dative machacadme not used machacadle machacadnos machacaos machacadles
accusative machacadme not used machacadlo, machacadla machacadnos machacaos machacadlos, machacadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative machaquen
dative macháquenme not used macháquenle macháquennos not used macháquenles, macháquense
accusative macháquenme not used macháquenlo, macháquenla macháquennos not used macháquenlos, macháquenlas, macháquense

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