apapachar

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Reduplication of apachar from Classical Nahuatl pahpātzoā (“to bruise, mash, dint”), a reduplication of synonymous pātzoā (whence Spanish apachar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /apapaˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [a.pa.paˈt͡ʃaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧pa‧pa‧char

Verb

apapachar (first-person singular present apapacho, first-person singular preterite apapaché, past participle apapachado)

  1. (Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá) to cuddle

Conjugation

    Conjugation of apapachar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive apapachar
gerund apapachando
past participle masculine feminine
singular apapachado apapachada
plural apapachados apapachadas
singular 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
present apapacho apapachastú
apapachásvos 		apapacha apapachamos apapacháis apapachan
imperfect apapachaba apapachabas apapachaba apapachábamos apapachabais apapachaban
preterite apapaché apapachaste apapachó apapachamos apapachasteis apapacharon
future apapacharé apapacharás apapachará apapacharemos apapacharéis apapacharán
conditional apapacharía apapacharías apapacharía apapacharíamos apapacharíais apapacharían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present apapache apapachestú
apapachésvos2 		apapache apapachemos apapachéis apapachen
imperfect
(ra) 		apapachara apapacharas apapachara apapacháramos apapacharais apapacharan
imperfect
(se) 		apapachase apapachases apapachase apapachásemos apapachaseis apapachasen
future1 apapachare apapachares apapachare apapacháremos apapachareis apapacharen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative apapachatú
apapachávos 		apapache apapachemos apapachad apapachen
negative no apapaches no apapache no apapachemos no apapachéis no apapachen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

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