apachar

Spanish

Etymology

From a- + Classical Nahuatl pātzoā (“to bruise, crush, mash”) + Spanish -ar.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

apachar (first-person singular present apacho, first-person singular preterite apaché, past participle apachado)

1. (El Salvador, Honduras) to crush, to mangle

Conjugation

    Conjugation of apachar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			apachar
gerund			apachando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		apachado		apachada
		plural		apachados		apachadas
		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	apacho	apachastú apachásvos	apacha	apachamos	apacháis	apachan
	imperfect	apachaba	apachabas	apachaba	apachábamos	apachabais	apachaban
	preterite	apaché	apachaste	apachó	apachamos	apachasteis	apacharon
	future	apacharé	apacharás	apachará	apacharemos	apacharéis	apacharán
	conditional	apacharía	apacharías	apacharía	apacharíamos	apacharíais	apacharían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	apache	apachestú apachésvos2	apache	apachemos	apachéis	apachen
	imperfect (ra)	apachara	apacharas	apachara	apacháramos	apacharais	apacharan
	imperfect (se)	apachase	apachases	apachase	apachásemos	apachaseis	apachasen
	future1	apachare	apachares	apachare	apacháremos	apachareis	apacharen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		apachatú apachávos	apache	apachemos	apachad	apachen
	negative		no apaches	no apache	no apachemos	no apachéis	no apachen

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

Related terms

• apapachar

Further reading

• “apachar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025