planchar

From Spanish planchar.

planchar (first-person singular indicative present plancho, past participle plancháu)

1. to iron (to pass an iron over clothing)

From plancha +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /planˈt͡ʃaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: plan‧char

planchar (first-person singular present plancho, first-person singular preterite planché, past participle planchado)

1. to iron

   Synonym: aplanchar

2. (Mexico) to talk or chat romantically with one's girlfriend/boyfriend, usually inside home, in porch or in a public place, without apparent sexual proposals.
3. (transitive, Mexico, Cuba) to stand someone up
   • 1985, Marina Mayoral, Contra muerte y amor:

     A qué viene el estar siempre amenazando con la ruptura ? Tenías que decirle que que sí, y lo dejas planchado

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

4. (computing) to overwrite

   Synonyms: sobrescribir, sobreescribir

5. to be a wallflower (not dance)

• “planchar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10