acechar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin assectārī. Doublet of asechar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aθeˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [a.θeˈt͡ʃaɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /aseˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [a.seˈt͡ʃaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ce‧char
• Homophone: (Latin America) asechar

Verb

acechar (first-person singular present acecho, first-person singular preterite aceché, past participle acechado)

1. (transitive) to lurk, to lie in wait for, waylay, watch out for
2. (transitive) to spy, stalk

   Synonyms: espiar, avizorar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of acechar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			acechar
gerund			acechando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		acechado		acechada
		plural		acechados		acechadas
		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	acecho	acechastú acechásvos	acecha	acechamos	acecháis	acechan
	imperfect	acechaba	acechabas	acechaba	acechábamos	acechabais	acechaban
	preterite	aceché	acechaste	acechó	acechamos	acechasteis	acecharon
	future	acecharé	acecharás	acechará	acecharemos	acecharéis	acecharán
	conditional	acecharía	acecharías	acecharía	acecharíamos	acecharíais	acecharían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	aceche	acechestú acechésvos2	aceche	acechemos	acechéis	acechen
	imperfect (ra)	acechara	acecharas	acechara	acecháramos	acecharais	acecharan
	imperfect (se)	acechase	acechases	acechase	acechásemos	acechaseis	acechasen
	future1	acechare	acechares	acechare	acecháremos	acechareis	acecharen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		acechatú acechávos	aceche	acechemos	acechad	acechen
	negative		no aceches	no aceche	no acechemos	no acechéis	no acechen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of acechar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive acechar	dative	acecharme	acecharte	acecharle, acecharse	acecharnos	acecharos	acecharles, acecharse
	accusative	acecharme	acecharte	acecharlo, acecharla, acecharse	acecharnos	acecharos	acecharlos, acecharlas, acecharse
with gerund acechando	dative	acechándome	acechándote	acechándole, acechándose	acechándonos	acechándoos	acechándoles, acechándose
	accusative	acechándome	acechándote	acechándolo, acechándola, acechándose	acechándonos	acechándoos	acechándolos, acechándolas, acechándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative acecha	dative	acéchame	acéchate	acéchale	acéchanos	not used	acéchales
	accusative	acéchame	acéchate	acéchalo, acéchala	acéchanos	not used	acéchalos, acéchalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative acechá	dative	acechame	acechate	acechale	acechanos	not used	acechales
	accusative	acechame	acechate	acechalo, acechala	acechanos	not used	acechalos, acechalas
with formal second-person singular imperative aceche	dative	acécheme	not used	acéchele, acéchese	acéchenos	not used	acécheles
	accusative	acécheme	not used	acéchelo, acéchela, acéchese	acéchenos	not used	acéchelos, acéchelas
with first-person plural imperative acechemos	dative	not used	acechémoste	acechémosle	acechémonos	acechémoos	acechémosles
	accusative	not used	acechémoste	acechémoslo, acechémosla	acechémonos	acechémoos	acechémoslos, acechémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative acechad	dative	acechadme	not used	acechadle	acechadnos	acechaos	acechadles
	accusative	acechadme	not used	acechadlo, acechadla	acechadnos	acechaos	acechadlos, acechadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative acechen	dative	acéchenme	not used	acéchenle	acéchennos	not used	acéchenles, acéchense
	accusative	acéchenme	not used	acéchenlo, acéchenla	acéchennos	not used	acéchenlos, acéchenlas, acéchense

Derived terms

• acechador
• acechante
• acechanza
• acecho

Related terms

• asechar

Further reading

• “acechar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024