marchar

marchar (first-person singular indicative present marcho, past participle marcháu)

1. (transitive) leave (to depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with)
2. to leave (to depart)
3. to work (function)
4. to march

French marcher.

• IPA^(key): /maɾˈt͡ʃaɾ/

marchar (first-person singular present marcho, first-person singular preterite marchei, past participle marchado)

1. (intransitive) to leave, depart

   Marcho que teño que marchar. ― I'm leaving, because I have to go. (popular meme)

   • 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña‎:

     Epois vanse prevenindo, / e poñamonos enjerga, / para marchar a Madril / antes co imberno veña.

     So let's get ready / and stand up / for departing to Madrid / before the winter comes

2. (euphemistic, intransitive) to end; to pass away
3. (intransitive) to march

• marchar cantando

• marcha

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “marchar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “marchar”, 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), “marchar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “marchar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “marchar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Borrowed from English march, French marcher, German marschieren, Italian marciare, Spanish marchar. Compare Esperanto marŝi, from French.

marchar (present tense marchas, past tense marchis, future tense marchos, imperative marchez, conditional marchus)

1. (intransitive) to walk, step, tread; to march

Conjugation of marchar

		present		past		future
infinitive		marchar		marchir		marchor
tense		marchas		marchis		marchos
conditional		marchus		—		—
imperative		marchez		—		—
adjective active participle		marchanta		marchinta		marchonta
adverbial active participle		marchante		marchinte		marchonte
nominal active participle	singular	marchanto		marchinto		marchonto
	plural	marchanti		marchinti		marchonti

• marchetar (“to trip along”)

Borrowed from French marcher.

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marchar

1. to march

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		marchar			aver marchat
gerund		marchant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		marchat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	marchi	marchas	marcha	marcham	marchatz	marchan
	imperfect	marchavi	marchavas	marchava	marchàvem	marchàvetz	marchavan
	preterite	marchèri	marchères	marchèt	marchèrem	marchèretz	marchèron
	future	marcharai	marcharàs	marcharà	marcharem	marcharetz	marcharàn
	conditional	marchariái	marchariás	marchariá	marchariam	marchariatz	marcharián
	conditional 2nd form1	marchèra	marchèras	marchèra	marcheram	marcheratz	marchèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	marche	marches	marche	marchem	marchetz	marchen
	imperfect	marchèssi	marchèsses	marchèsse	marchèssem	marchèssetz	marchèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			marcha		marchem	marchatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		marchar			aver marchat
gerund		marchant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		marchat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	marche	marches	marcha	marcham	marchatz	marchon
	imperfect	marchave	marchaves	marchava	marchaviam	marchaviatz	marchavon
	preterite	marchere	marcheres	marchet	marchem	marchetz	marcheron
	future	marcharai	marcharàs	marchará	marcharem	marcharetz	marcharán
	conditional	marchariá	marchariás	marchariá	marchariam	marchariatz	marcharián
	conditional 2nd form1	marchèra	marchèras	marchèra	marcheram	marcheratz	marchèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	marche	marches	marche	marchassiam	marchassiatz	marchon
	imperfect	marchesse	marchesses	marchesse	marchessiam	marchessiatz	marchesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			marcha		marchassiam	marchatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		marchar			aver marchat
gerund		marchant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		marchat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	marchi	marchas	marcha	marcham	marchatz	marchan
	imperfect	marchavi	marchavas	marchava	marchàvam	marchàvatz	marchavan
	preterite	marchèi	marchès	marchè	marchèm	marchètz	marchèn
	future	marcharèi	marcharàs	marcharà	marcharam	marcharatz	marcharàn
	conditional	marcharí	marcharés	marcharé	marcharem	marcharetz	marcharén
	conditional 2nd form1	marchèra	marchèras	marchèra	marcheram	marcheratz	marchèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	marchi	marches	marche	marchem	marchetz	marchen
	imperfect	marchèssi	marchèsses	marchèsse	marchèssem	marchèssetz	marchèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			marcha		marchem	marchatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		marchar			aver marchat
gerund		marchant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		marchat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	marche	marchas	marcha	marcham	marchatz	marchan
	imperfect	marchava	marchavas	marchava	marchàvam	marchàvatz	marchavan
	preterite	marchei	marcheras	marchet	marchèram	marchèratz	marcheran
	future	marcharai	marcharàs	marchará	marcharem	marcharetz	marcharán
	conditional	marchariá	marchariàs	marchariá	marchariam	marchariatz	marcharián
	conditional 2nd form1	marchèra	marchèras	marchèra	marcheram	marcheratz	marchèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	marche	marches	marche	marchem	marchetz	marchen
	imperfect	marchèsse	marchèsses	marchèsse	marchèssem	marchèssetz	marchèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			marcha		marchem	marchatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		marchar			aver marchat
gerund		marchant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		marchat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	marche	marches	marcha	marcham	marchatz	marchan
	imperfect	marchavi	marchavas	marchava	marchàvem	marchàvetz	marchavan
	preterite	marchère	marchères	marchèt	marcheriam	marcheriatz	marchèron
	future	marcharai	marcharàs	marcharà	marcharem	marcharetz	marcharàn
	conditional	marchariáu	marchariás	marchariá	marchariam	marchariatz	marcharián
	conditional 2nd form1	marchèra	marchèras	marchèra	marcheram	marcheratz	marchèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	marche	marches	marche	marchem	marchetz	marchan
	imperfect	marchèsse	marchèsses	marchèsse	marchessiam	marchessiatz	marchèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			marcha		marchem	marchatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Borrowed from French marcher.

• Hyphenation: mar‧char

marchar (first-person singular present marcho, first-person singular preterite marchei, past participle marchado)

1. to march

For quotations using this term, see Citations:marchar.

• marcha

Borrowed from French marcher. Compare Catalan marxar.

• IPA^(key): /maɾˈt͡ʃaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: mar‧char

marchar (first-person singular present marcho, first-person singular preterite marché, past participle marchado)

1. (intransitive) to go, travel

   Synonyms: andar, ir

2. (intransitive) to march
3. (intransitive) to function, work, run

   Synonyms: funcionar, andar

4. (intransitive or reflexive) to leave

   Synonyms: irse, andarse, partir

   • 1987, Luis Miguel, Ahora Te Puedes Marchar:

     Me juras que has cambiado y piensas en volver / Si no supiste amar / Ahora te puedes marchar

     You swear to me you've changed and think of coming back / Since you couldn't love / You may now leave

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