# cachar
## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaˈt͡ʃaɾ/

### Etymology 1

Ultimately from Vulgar Latin *captiāre. May simply be a borrowing from English catch, like Spanish cachar.

#### Verb

cachar (first-person singular present cacho, first-person singular preterite cachei, past participle cachado)
* to surprise or to catch (someone who was hidden or was doing something illegal or embarrassing)
* to catch (someone who was fleeing)
* to catch (an idea)

##### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

##### Derived terms

* cachada

##### Related terms

* cachear

### Etymology 2

Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *cappulare (“to cut up”). In that case, cognate with French chapeler (“to cut”). Alternatively, from cacho.

#### Verb

cachar (first-person singular present cacho, first-person singular preterite cachei, past participle cachado)
* to scrape land
* to hoe
* to slash and burn

##### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

##### Derived terms

* cachada
* cacharela

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cachar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cachar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “cachar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cachar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. cachar$^1$.
* ↑ Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. cachar$^3$.
* ↑ “chapeler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “cacho I”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

cachar m
* indefinite plural of cache

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *coacticāre, from Latin coactāre. Cf. French cacher.

### Verb

cachar
* to press (apply physical pressure)

#### Synonyms

* quichar

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from French cacher or Occitan cachar, from Latin coactāre. Related to agachar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kaˈʃa(ʁ)/ [kaˈʃa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kaˈʃa(ʁ)/ [kaˈʃa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kaˈʃa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kaˈʃa(ʁ)/ [kaˈʃa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kaˈʃa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐˈʃaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐˈʃaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /kɐˈt͡ʃaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kɐˈʃa.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: ca‧char

### Verb

cachar (first-person singular present cacho, first-person singular preterite cachei, past participle cachado)
* (transitive) to hide
    Synonyms: ocultar, agachar
* (transitive) to cover

#### Conjugation

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

Believed to be borrowed from English catch which in that case would make it a doublet of cazar. However, certain meanings in the South America could be derived from Italian cacciare or Spanish cazar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [kaˈt͡ʃaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: ca‧char

### Verb

cachar (first-person singular present cacho, first-person singular preterite caché, past participle cachado)
* to catch (to intercept)
    Synonyms: coger, agarrar, pescar, pillar, prender
** 1926, Roberto Arlt, “Los ladrones”, in El juguete rabioso:Con ira mal reprimida, respondí: A mí no me cachan. Antes matar.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, colloquial) to catch, to get (to grasp mentally: perceive and understand)
    Synonyms: entender, captar
* (Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, colloquial) to find out, spy out, peek
    Synonyms: averiguar, mirar
* (Chile, Peru, vulgar) to have sex
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:joder

#### 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.

#### Related terms

* cachera
* cachero

### Further reading

* “cachar”, 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
* “cachar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

### Anagrams

* charca