# cuchar
## Asturian
### Alternative forms

* acuchar
* acuitar (Western Asturias)
* cuitar (Western Asturias)
* cutsar (Teberga)

### Etymology

cuchu (“compost, manure”) +‎ -ar, the first element being from Latin cultus (“cultivated, tilled”).

### Verb

cuchar (first-person singular indicative present cucho, past participle cucháu)
* to dress with manure

#### Conjugation
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kuˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [kuˈt͡ʃaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: cu‧char

### Etymology 1

From Latin cochleāre, from cochlea (“snail”).

#### Noun

cuchar f (plural cuchares)
* (historical) historic grain measure, roughly a third of a quartile
* (historical) amount of grain fitting in this measure
* (historical) taxes paid on grain in this measure
* (obsolete) spoon
    Synonym: cuchara
* (obsolete) fork

### Etymology 2

From cucho (“compost, manure”) +‎ -ar, the first element being from Latin cultus (“cultivated, tilled”).

#### Verb

cuchar (first-person singular present cucho, first-person singular preterite cuché, past participle cuchado)
* (transitive, Asturias) to dress with manure

##### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | cuchar | cuchar | cuchar | cuchar | cuchar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | cuchando | cuchando | cuchando | cuchando | cuchando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | cuchado | cuchado | cuchada | cuchada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | cuchados | cuchados | cuchadas | cuchadas |
| | | 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 | cucho | cuchas$^{tú}$ cuchás$^{vos}$ | cucha | cuchamos | cucháis | cuchan |
| indicative | imperfect | cuchaba | cuchabas | cuchaba | cuchábamos | cuchabais | cuchaban |
| indicative | preterite | cuché | cuchaste | cuchó | cuchamos | cuchasteis | cucharon |
| indicative | future | cucharé | cucharás | cuchará | cucharemos | cucharéis | cucharán |
| indicative | conditional | cucharía | cucharías | cucharía | cucharíamos | cucharíais | cucharían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | cuche | cuches$^{tú}$ cuchés$^{vos2}$ | cuche | cuchemos | cuchéis | cuchen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | cuchara | cucharas | cuchara | cucháramos | cucharais | cucharan |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | cuchase | cuchases | cuchase | cuchásemos | cuchaseis | cuchasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | cuchare | cuchares | cuchare | cucháremos | cuchareis | cucharen |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | cucha$^{tú}$ cuchá$^{vos}$ | cuche | cuchemos | cuchad | cuchen |
| imperative | negative | | no cuches | no cuche | no cuchemos | no cuchéis | no cuchen |
$^1$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

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