# chamuscar
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese chamuscar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from chama (“flame”), perhaps blended with charamusca, faísca, "spark, hot ash".

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃamusˈkaɾ/

### Verb

chamuscar (first-person singular present chamusco, first-person singular preterite chamusquei, past participle chamuscado)
* to singe (to burn slightly)
* to singe (to remove the hair by passing it over a flame)
** 1391, M. Lucas Álvarez, P. Lucas Domínguez, editors, El priorato benedictino de San Vicenzo de Pombeiro y su colección diplomática en la Edad Media, Sada / A Coruña: Ediciós do Castro, page 106:e que nos diades mays uos e todas uosas uozes para senpre de cada hun anos hun porco chamoscado, que seja sen maliça, con pan e con vino, segundo huso e costume da comarcaand you and your successors shall give us, each year and forever, a singed pork, free of any malice, with bread and wine, as it is customary in the shire
* to scorch (to become scorched)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* chamuscado
* chamusco

#### Descendants

* → Spanish: chamuscar

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “chamuscar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “Chamuscar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chamuscar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “chamuscar”, 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), “chamuscar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “chamuscar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chamuscar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “chamuscar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chamuscar, ultimately from Old Galician-Portuguese chama, perhaps influenced by faiscar or enfuscar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʃa.musˈka(ʁ)/ [ʃa.musˈka(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʃa.musˈka(ʁ)/ [ʃa.musˈka(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ʃa.musˈka(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʃa.muʃˈka(ʁ)/ [ʃa.muʃˈka(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʃa.musˈka(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʃɐ.muʃˈkaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʃɐ.muʃˈkaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /t͡ʃɐ.muʃˈkaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ʃɐ.muʃˈka.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: cha‧mus‧car

### Verb

chamuscar (first-person singular present chamusco, first-person singular preterite chamusquei, past participle chamuscado)
* to singe (to burn slightly)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* chamuscado
* chamuscamento

#### Descendants

* Spanish: chamuscar

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese chamuscar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃamusˈkaɾ/ [t͡ʃa.musˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: cha‧mus‧car

### Verb

chamuscar (first-person singular present chamusco, first-person singular preterite chamusqué, past participle chamuscado)
* (transitive) to scorch, to singe

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | chamuscar | chamuscar | chamuscar | chamuscar | chamuscar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | chamuscando | chamuscando | chamuscando | chamuscando | chamuscando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | chamuscado | chamuscado | chamuscada | chamuscada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | chamuscados | chamuscados | chamuscadas | chamuscadas |
| | | 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 | chamusco | chamuscas$^{tú}$ chamuscás$^{vos}$ | chamusca | chamuscamos | chamuscáis | chamuscan |
| indicative | imperfect | chamuscaba | chamuscabas | chamuscaba | chamuscábamos | chamuscabais | chamuscaban |
| indicative | preterite | chamusqué | chamuscaste | chamuscó | chamuscamos | chamuscasteis | chamuscaron |
| indicative | future | chamuscaré | chamuscarás | chamuscará | chamuscaremos | chamuscaréis | chamuscarán |
| indicative | conditional | chamuscaría | chamuscarías | chamuscaría | chamuscaríamos | chamuscaríais | chamuscarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | chamusque | chamusques$^{tú}$ chamusqués$^{vos2}$ | chamusque | chamusquemos | chamusquéis | chamusquen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | chamuscara | chamuscaras | chamuscara | chamuscáramos | chamuscarais | chamuscaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | chamuscase | chamuscases | chamuscase | chamuscásemos | chamuscaseis | chamuscasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | chamuscare | chamuscares | chamuscare | chamuscáremos | chamuscareis | chamuscaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | chamusca$^{tú}$ chamuscá$^{vos}$ | chamusque | chamusquemos | chamuscad | chamusquen |
| imperative | negative | | no chamusques | no chamusque | no chamusquemos | no chamusquéis | no chamusquen |
$^1$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

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