bochar

Spanish

Etymology

From Italian bocciare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [boˈt͡ʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bo‧char

Verb

bochar (first-person singular present bocho, first-person singular preterite boché, past participle bochado)

1. (Latin America, transitive) to flunk
2. (bowls) to knock away (another bowl)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bochar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			bochar
gerund			bochando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		bochado		bochada
		plural		bochados		bochadas
		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	bocho	bochastú bochásvos	bocha	bochamos	bocháis	bochan
	imperfect	bochaba	bochabas	bochaba	bochábamos	bochabais	bochaban
	preterite	boché	bochaste	bochó	bochamos	bochasteis	bocharon
	future	bocharé	bocharás	bochará	bocharemos	bocharéis	bocharán
	conditional	bocharía	bocharías	bocharía	bocharíamos	bocharíais	bocharían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	boche	bochestú bochésvos2	boche	bochemos	bochéis	bochen
	imperfect (ra)	bochara	bocharas	bochara	bocháramos	bocharais	bocharan
	imperfect (se)	bochase	bochases	bochase	bochásemos	bochaseis	bochasen
	future1	bochare	bochares	bochare	bocháremos	bochareis	bocharen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		bochatú bochávos	boche	bochemos	bochad	bochen
	negative		no boches	no boche	no bochemos	no bochéis	no bochen

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

Further reading

• “bochar”, 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