cichar

Galician

Alternative forms

• cirichar, cirrichar, surrichar

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θiˈt͡ʃaɾ/, (western) /siˈt͡ʃaɾ/

Verb

cichar (first-person singular present cicho, first-person singular preterite cichei, past participle cichado)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to squirt
2. (transitive, figurative) to give back
3. (pronominal) to have diarrhea

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cichar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cichar
Personal	cichar	cichares	cichar	cicharmos	cichardes	cicharen
Gerund
	cichando
Past participle
Masculine	cichado			cichados
Feminine	cichada			cichadas
Indicative
Present	cicho	cichas	cicha	cichamos	cichades	cichan
Imperfect	cichaba	cichabas	cichaba	cichabamos	cichabades	cichaban
Preterite	cichei	cichaches	cichou	cichamos	cichastes	cicharon
Pluperfect	cichara	cicharas	cichara	cicharamos	cicharades	cicharan
Future	cicharei	cicharás	cichará	cicharemos	cicharedes	cicharán
Conditional	cicharía	cicharías	cicharía	cichariamos	cichariades	cicharían
Subjunctive
Present	ciche	ciches	ciche	cichemos	cichedes	cichen
Imperfect	cichase	cichases	cichase	cichásemos	cichásedes	cichasen
Future	cichar	cichares	cichar	cicharmos	cichardes	cicharen
Imperative
Affirmative		cicha	ciche	cichemos	cichade	cichen
Negative (non)		non ciches	non ciche	non cichemos	non cichedes	non cichen

    Reintegrated conjugation of cichar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cichar
Personal	cichar	cichares	cichar	cicharmos	cichardes	cicharem
Gerund
	cichando
Past participle
Masculine	cichado			cichados
Feminine	cichada			cichadas
Indicative
Present	cicho	cichas	cicha	cichamos	cichades, cichais	cicham
Imperfect	cichava	cichavas	cichava	cichávamos	cichávades, cicháveis, cichávais1	cichavam
Preterite	cichei	cichaste, cichache1	cichou	cichamos	cichastes	cichárom, cicharam
Pluperfect	cichara	cicharas	cichara	cicháramos	cichárades, cicháreis, cichárais1	cicharam
Future	cicharei	cicharás	cichará	cicharemos	cicharedes, cichareis	cicharám, cicharão
Conditional	cicharia	cicharias	cicharia	cicharíamos	cicharíades, cicharíeis, cicharíais1	cichariam
Subjunctive
Present	ciche	ciches	ciche	cichemos	cichedes, cicheis	cichem
Imperfect	cichasse	cichasses	cichasse	cichássemos	cichássedes, cichásseis	cichassem
Future	cichar	cichares	cichar	cicharmos	cichardes	cicharem
Imperative
Affirmative		cicha	ciche	cichemos	cichade, cichai	cichem
Negative (nom)		nom ciches	nom ciche	nom cichemos	nom cichedes, nom cicheis	nom cichem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• cicha
• cichacroios
• cichón
• cichote

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cichar”, 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), “cichar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “cichar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cichar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN