machucar

• amachucar, machacar

Attested since circa 1300. Probably from machar (“to grind”), from macho (“mallet”), from Latin marculus (“small hammer”).

• IPA^(key): /mat͡ʃuˈkaɾ/

machucar (first-person singular present machuco, first-person singular preterite machuquei, past participle machucado)

1. (transitive) to hurt; to injure with a blunt weapon

   Synonym: magoar

2. (transitive) to squash, crush, smash

   Synonym: esmagar

• machar
• macho

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “machucar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “machuca”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “machucar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “machucar”, 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), “machucar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “machucar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “machucar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From the verb machar (“to grind”), from macho (“mallet”), from Latin marculus (“small hammer”). Compare Spanish machucar.

machucar (first-person singular present machuco, first-person singular preterite machuquei, past participle machucado)

1. (transitive) to hurt (to cause physical pain)

   Synonyms: ferir, magoar

   • 1973, Nelson Cavaquinho, Guilherme de Brito, “A Flor e o Espinho”:

     Hoje pra você eu sou espinho / Espinho não machuca flor

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (transitive, figurative) to hurt (to cause emotional pain)

   Synonyms: ofender, magoar

   • 1975, Juarez Santiago, Alonso da Modinha, “Ainda gosto dela”, performed by Jacinto Silva:

     Se ela sentisse saudade / Não me machucava assim / Só porque eu gosto dela / E ela não gosta de mim

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• “machucar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “machucar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

From the verb machar (“to grind”), from macho (“mallet”), from Latin marculus (“small hammer”).

• IPA^(key): /mat͡ʃuˈkaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ma‧chu‧car

machucar (first-person singular present machuco, first-person singular preterite machuqué, past participle machucado)

1. to squash, crush
2. to bruise

• → Catalan: matxucar

• “machucar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 2024 December 10