# pinchar
## Caló
### Alternative forms

* pinchardar

### Verb

pinchar
* to recognize, to know (someone)

## Galician
### Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps a metathesis of the synonym chimpar, itself hypothetically from an earlier *plimpar, onomatopoeic. Compare Irish plimp (“sudden fall”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pinˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [pinʲˈt͡ʃaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: pin‧char

### Verb

pinchar (first-person singular present pincho, first-person singular preterite pinchei, past participle pinchado)
* to take down
    Synonyms: abater, deitar, tirar
** 1750, anonymous author, Galanteo de mozo e moza:Agora si, que cai ben aquel conto do Boy manso, que nunha corrida de Touros, se ò pican, â ollos cerrados â hùs lles fura os calzòs, outros os pincha rodando, este quero, aquel non quero, esparcendolle os fargallos, hasta que queda à Praza espoada âô seu mandado:Now it sits well that tale of the docile ox, that in a bullfight if they sting him, as with closed eyes, he bore the pants of some, others he takes down rolling, this one I want, that I don't, scattering their rags, till the plaza is left sieved [dusted?] at his command
* to cut down a tree
* to throw down
* to cause to jump
* (transitive) to jump over; to overleap
* (intransitive) to jump
    Synonyms: brincar, chimpar, choutar, saltar
* to shove

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* pinchacarneiro
* pinchagato
* pincheira
* pincheiro
* pincho
* pinchón

#### Related terms

* chimpar

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pinchar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “pinchar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pinchar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “pinchar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pinchar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Cf. Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “pinchar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pĩˈʃa(ʁ)/ [pĩˈʃa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /pĩˈʃa(ʁ)/ [pĩˈʃa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /pĩˈʃa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /pĩˈʃa(ʁ)/ [pĩˈʃa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pĩˈʃa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pĩˈʃaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pĩˈʃaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /pĩˈt͡ʃaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pĩˈʃa.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: pin‧char

### Verb

pinchar (first-person singular present pincho, first-person singular preterite pinchei, past participle pinchado)
* to jump

#### Conjugation

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

Most likely from a crossing of punchar (itself a variant of punzar, from Vulgar Latin *punctiāre, from Latin punctus), and picar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pinˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [pĩnʲˈt͡ʃaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: pin‧char

### Verb

pinchar (first-person singular present pincho, first-person singular preterite pinché, past participle pinchado)
* to puncture, prick, pierce
* to poke
* (animals, needle) to sting
* (graphical user interface) to click
    Synonyms: hacer clic, cliquear
* (colloquial) to flirt
    Synonym: ligar
* (colloquial) to get flirted
* (music) to deejay, DJ
* (telephony) to tap someone's phone (call up by telephone and suspend before a conversation is initiated in order to make the receiver call back)
* (telephony, colloquial) putting some tool for hearing in secret private conversation by phone; eavesdropping
* (intransitive, colloquial) to slip up (fail)
* (colloquial) to screw (have intercourse with)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:joder
* (colloquial) to wind up, pester
* (reflexive) to shoot up (to inject drugs intravenously)
** 2017 July, “Crean dispositivo para medir glucosa a través de saliva”, in Frontera.info‎:Cerca de 422 millones de adultos padecen diabetes, y para medir sus niveles de azúcar pasan por una situación incómoda todos los días: deben pincharse el dedo para medir sus niveles de azúcar.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Conjugation

$^1$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.

#### Derived terms

* carne pinchada
* mierda pinchada en un palo
* pinchadiscos
* pinchadura
* pinchar en hueso
* pinchazo
* pinche
* pincho

### Further reading

* “pinchar”, 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