chacchar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaɡˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [t͡ʃaɣ̞ˈt͡ʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: chac‧char

Verb

chacchar (first-person singular present chaccho, first-person singular preterite chacché, past participle chacchado)

1. (Latin America) to chew coca leaves

Conjugation

    Conjugation of chacchar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			chacchar
gerund			chacchando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		chacchado		chacchada
		plural		chacchados		chacchadas
		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	chaccho	chacchastú chacchásvos	chaccha	chacchamos	chaccháis	chacchan
	imperfect	chacchaba	chacchabas	chacchaba	chacchábamos	chacchabais	chacchaban
	preterite	chacché	chacchaste	chacchó	chacchamos	chacchasteis	chaccharon
	future	chaccharé	chaccharás	chacchará	chaccharemos	chaccharéis	chaccharán
	conditional	chaccharía	chaccharías	chaccharía	chaccharíamos	chaccharíais	chaccharían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	chacche	chacchestú chacchésvos2	chacche	chacchemos	chacchéis	chacchen
	imperfect (ra)	chacchara	chaccharas	chacchara	chaccháramos	chaccharais	chaccharan
	imperfect (se)	chacchase	chacchases	chacchase	chacchásemos	chacchaseis	chacchasen
	future1	chacchare	chacchares	chacchare	chaccháremos	chacchareis	chaccharen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		chacchatú chacchávos	chacche	chacchemos	chacchad	chacchen
	negative		no chacches	no chacche	no chacchemos	no chacchéis	no chacchen

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

    Selected combined forms of chacchar

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 chacchar	dative	chaccharme	chaccharte	chaccharle, chaccharse	chaccharnos	chaccharos	chaccharles, chaccharse
	accusative	chaccharme	chaccharte	chaccharlo, chaccharla, chaccharse	chaccharnos	chaccharos	chaccharlos, chaccharlas, chaccharse
with gerund chacchando	dative	chacchándome	chacchándote	chacchándole, chacchándose	chacchándonos	chacchándoos	chacchándoles, chacchándose
	accusative	chacchándome	chacchándote	chacchándolo, chacchándola, chacchándose	chacchándonos	chacchándoos	chacchándolos, chacchándolas, chacchándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative chaccha	dative	chácchame	chácchate	chácchale	chácchanos	not used	chácchales
	accusative	chácchame	chácchate	chácchalo, chácchala	chácchanos	not used	chácchalos, chácchalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative chacchá	dative	chacchame	chacchate	chacchale	chacchanos	not used	chacchales
	accusative	chacchame	chacchate	chacchalo, chacchala	chacchanos	not used	chacchalos, chacchalas
with formal second-person singular imperative chacche	dative	cháccheme	not used	chácchele, chácchese	chácchenos	not used	cháccheles
	accusative	cháccheme	not used	chácchelo, chácchela, chácchese	chácchenos	not used	chácchelos, chácchelas
with first-person plural imperative chacchemos	dative	not used	chacchémoste	chacchémosle	chacchémonos	chacchémoos	chacchémosles
	accusative	not used	chacchémoste	chacchémoslo, chacchémosla	chacchémonos	chacchémoos	chacchémoslos, chacchémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative chacchad	dative	chacchadme	not used	chacchadle	chacchadnos	chacchaos	chacchadles
	accusative	chacchadme	not used	chacchadlo, chacchadla	chacchadnos	chacchaos	chacchadlos, chacchadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative chacchen	dative	chácchenme	not used	chácchenle	chácchennos	not used	chácchenles, chácchense
	accusative	chácchenme	not used	chácchenlo, chácchenla	chácchennos	not used	chácchenlos, chácchenlas, chácchense

Further reading

• “chacchar”, 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