sachar

From Late Latin sarculāre, derived from Latin sarculum. By surface analysis, sacho +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /saˈt͡ʃaɾ/

sachar (first-person singular present sacho, first-person singular preterite sachei, past participle sachado)

1. to weed; to hoe
   • 1886, Benito Losada Astray, Soaces d'un vello, A Coruña: Latorre y Martínez Edts, page 207:

     Teño unha rapaza na Ponte da Ulla, que máis espelida non achei ningunha Ela cose, prancha, le, sabe de pruma, espadela, tece e fía por dúas; enforna e peneira, escroucha, debulla, sacha, mux'as vacas e vendim'as uvas

     I have a girl in Ponte da Ulla who is more skilful than any other I've met: she sews, she irons, she reads, she knows about the pen, she scutches, she weaves and spins for two persons; she ovens and sieves, she peels and de-kernels the corn, she hoes, she milks the cows and harvest the grapes

2. (soccer, sports) tackle (to attempt to take away a ball)

   Synonym: entrar

   • 2019 November 29, “Luis Ruiz: "Teremos que sachar moito no Anxo Carro"”, in TVG‎:
   • 2021 July 16, Dani Baniela, “"Nunca deixes de sachar", nueva campaña de abonados del Lugo”, in As‎:

• sachado
• sachada

• sacho (“weeding hoe”)

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “sach”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “saçh”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “sachar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “sachar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “sachar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “sachar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From sacho (“hoe”) +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: sa‧char

sachar (first-person singular present sacho, first-person singular preterite sachei, past participle sachado)

1. (transitive) to hoe

• sacho
• sachadura

• “sachar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “sachar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Inherited from Late Latin sarculāre, derived from Latin sarculum. Doublet of sallar.

• IPA^(key): /saˈt͡ʃaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: sa‧char

sachar (first-person singular present sacho, first-person singular preterite saché, past participle sachado)

1. (transitive) to weed (with a hoe)

• “sachar”, 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