tachar

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French tacher (“to stain”).

Pronunciation

 
 

Verb

tachar (first-person singular present tacho, first-person singular preterite tachei, past participle tachado)

  1. (transitive with de) to label; to brand (to ascribe a negative quality to)
    Synonyms: qualificar, timbrar
  2. (transitive) to criticise (to find fault in)
    Synonym: criticar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tachar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal tachar
Personal tachar tachares tachar tacharmos tachardes tacharem
Gerund
tachando
Past participle
Masculine tachado tachados
Feminine tachada tachadas
Indicative
Present tacho tachas tacha tachamos tachais tacham
Imperfect tachava tachavas tachava tachávamos tacháveis tachavam
Preterite tachei tachaste tachou tachamos1, tachámos2 tachastes tacharam
Pluperfect tachara tacharas tachara tacháramos tacháreis tacharam
Future tacharei tacharás tachará tacharemos tachareis tacharão
Conditional tacharia tacharias tacharia tacharíamos tacharíeis tachariam
Subjunctive
Present tache taches tache tachemos tacheis tachem
Imperfect tachasse tachasses tachasse tachássemos tachásseis tachassem
Future tachar tachares tachar tacharmos tachardes tacharem
Imperative
Affirmative tacha tache tachemos tachai tachem
Negative (não) não taches não tache não tachemos não tacheis não tachem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Compare Portuguese tachar. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taˈt͡ʃaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ta‧char

Verb

tachar (first-person singular present tacho, first-person singular preterite taché, past participle tachado)

  1. (transitive) to cross out
    Synonym: borrar
  2. (transitive) to omit, leave out
  3. (transitive with de) to qualify as, brand as (to ascribe a negative quality to)
    • 2020 August 27, “El Ayuntamiento de Barcelona reprueba el papel del Gobierno en la marcha de Juan Carlos I”, in El País‎:
      Esta vez el concejal y Eva Parera, la segunda edil de la formación, se han ausentado de un pleno, que desde que lo pidieron los republicanos y neoconvergentes han tachado de “ilegal”.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tachar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive tachar
gerund tachando
past participle masculine feminine
singular tachado tachada
plural tachados tachadas
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 tacho tachastú
tachásvos 		tacha tachamos tacháis tachan
imperfect tachaba tachabas tachaba tachábamos tachabais tachaban
preterite taché tachaste tachó tachamos tachasteis tacharon
future tacharé tacharás tachará tacharemos tacharéis tacharán
conditional tacharía tacharías tacharía tacharíamos tacharíais tacharían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present tache tachestú
tachésvos2 		tache tachemos tachéis tachen
imperfect
(ra) 		tachara tacharas tachara tacháramos tacharais tacharan
imperfect
(se) 		tachase tachases tachase tachásemos tachaseis tachasen
future1 tachare tachares tachare tacháremos tachareis tacharen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative tachatú
tachávos 		tache tachemos tachad tachen
negative no taches no tache no tachemos no tachéis no tachen

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

    Selected combined forms of tachar

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 tachar
dative tacharme tacharte tacharle, tacharse tacharnos tacharos tacharles, tacharse
accusative tacharme tacharte tacharlo, tacharla, tacharse tacharnos tacharos tacharlos, tacharlas, tacharse
with gerund tachando
dative tachándome tachándote tachándole, tachándose tachándonos tachándoos tachándoles, tachándose
accusative tachándome tachándote tachándolo, tachándola, tachándose tachándonos tachándoos tachándolos, tachándolas, tachándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tacha
dative táchame táchate táchale táchanos not used táchales
accusative táchame táchate táchalo, táchala táchanos not used táchalos, táchalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tachá
dative tachame tachate tachale tachanos not used tachales
accusative tachame tachate tachalo, tachala tachanos not used tachalos, tachalas
with formal second-person singular imperative tache
dative tácheme not used táchele, táchese táchenos not used tácheles
accusative tácheme not used táchelo, táchela, táchese táchenos not used táchelos, táchelas
with first-person plural imperative tachemos
dative not used tachémoste tachémosle tachémonos tachémoos tachémosles
accusative not used tachémoste tachémoslo, tachémosla tachémonos tachémoos tachémoslos, tachémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tachad
dative tachadme not used tachadle tachadnos tachaos tachadles
accusative tachadme not used tachadlo, tachadla tachadnos tachaos tachadlos, tachadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tachen
dative táchenme not used táchenle táchennos not used táchenles, táchense
accusative táchenme not used táchenlo, táchenla táchennos not used táchenlos, táchenlas, táchense

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