# enchachar
## Spanish
### Etymology

From en- +‎ chacha +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ent͡ʃaˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [ẽnʲ.t͡ʃaˈt͡ʃaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: en‧cha‧char

### Verb

enchachar (first-person singular present enchacho, first-person singular preterite enchaché, past participle enchachado)
* (Honduras) to handcuff; to cuff
    Synonym: esposar
** 2017 August 10, “Britney Spears es aterrorizada en un concierto”, in La Prensa‎:Inmediatamente se dirigieron hacia él y lo paralizaron, obviamente el individúo puso resistencia, pero pudo más la fuerza de los guardaespaldas y la de algunos bailarines que la de él, quien salió enchachado del lugar.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (Honduras) to clamp (a car)

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | enchachar | enchachar | enchachar | enchachar | enchachar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | enchachando | enchachando | enchachando | enchachando | enchachando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | enchachado | enchachado | enchachada | enchachada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | enchachados | enchachados | enchachadas | enchachadas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | 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 |
| indicative | present | enchacho | enchachas$^{tú}$ enchachás$^{vos}$ | enchacha | enchachamos | enchacháis | enchachan |
| indicative | imperfect | enchachaba | enchachabas | enchachaba | enchachábamos | enchachabais | enchachaban |
| indicative | preterite | enchaché | enchachaste | enchachó | enchachamos | enchachasteis | enchacharon |
| indicative | future | enchacharé | enchacharás | enchachará | enchacharemos | enchacharéis | enchacharán |
| indicative | conditional | enchacharía | enchacharías | enchacharía | enchacharíamos | enchacharíais | enchacharían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | enchache | enchaches$^{tú}$ enchachés$^{vos2}$ | enchache | enchachemos | enchachéis | enchachen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | enchachara | enchacharas | enchachara | enchacháramos | enchacharais | enchacharan |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | enchachase | enchachases | enchachase | enchachásemos | enchachaseis | enchachasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | enchachare | enchachares | enchachare | enchacháremos | enchachareis | enchacharen |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | enchacha$^{tú}$ enchachá$^{vos}$ | enchache | enchachemos | enchachad | enchachen |
| imperative | negative | | no enchaches | no enchache | no enchachemos | no enchachéis | no enchachen |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “enchachar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014