canchar

Spanish

Etymology

From cancha (“pitch, open place, field etc.”) + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [kãnʲˈt͡ʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: can‧char

Verb

canchar (first-person singular present cancho, first-person singular preterite canché, past participle canchado)

1. (technical term in the production of mate, transitive) to perform the first milling of the leaves of, crushing the leaves broadly before ageing
2. (Argentina, Paraguay, transitive) to toast, to roast

   Synonym: tostar

3. (Argentina) to play with each other’s hands attempting to slap them and stop them
4. (Argentina, fencing) synonym of vistear
5. (Peru, of services, transitive) to sell, to put on the market

   Synonym: vender

6. (probably obsolete Colombia slang, reflexive plus direct object, of an item of clothing) to put on, to don

   Synonym: ponerse

7. (probably obsolete Colombia slang, transitive, of a spinning top) to lose

   Synonym: perder

Conjugation

    Conjugation of canchar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			canchar
gerund			canchando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		canchado		canchada
		plural		canchados		canchadas
		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	cancho	canchastú canchásvos	cancha	canchamos	cancháis	canchan
	imperfect	canchaba	canchabas	canchaba	canchábamos	canchabais	canchaban
	preterite	canché	canchaste	canchó	canchamos	canchasteis	cancharon
	future	cancharé	cancharás	canchará	cancharemos	cancharéis	cancharán
	conditional	cancharía	cancharías	cancharía	cancharíamos	cancharíais	cancharían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	canche	canchestú canchésvos2	canche	canchemos	canchéis	canchen
	imperfect (ra)	canchara	cancharas	canchara	cancháramos	cancharais	cancharan
	imperfect (se)	canchase	canchases	canchase	canchásemos	canchaseis	canchasen
	future1	canchare	canchares	canchare	cancháremos	canchareis	cancharen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		canchatú canchávos	canche	canchemos	canchad	canchen
	negative		no canches	no canche	no canchemos	no canchéis	no canchen

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

    Selected combined forms of canchar

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 canchar	dative	cancharme	cancharte	cancharle, cancharse	cancharnos	cancharos	cancharles, cancharse
	accusative	cancharme	cancharte	cancharlo, cancharla, cancharse	cancharnos	cancharos	cancharlos, cancharlas, cancharse
with gerund canchando	dative	canchándome	canchándote	canchándole, canchándose	canchándonos	canchándoos	canchándoles, canchándose
	accusative	canchándome	canchándote	canchándolo, canchándola, canchándose	canchándonos	canchándoos	canchándolos, canchándolas, canchándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative cancha	dative	cánchame	cánchate	cánchale	cánchanos	not used	cánchales
	accusative	cánchame	cánchate	cánchalo, cánchala	cánchanos	not used	cánchalos, cánchalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative canchá	dative	canchame	canchate	canchale	canchanos	not used	canchales
	accusative	canchame	canchate	canchalo, canchala	canchanos	not used	canchalos, canchalas
with formal second-person singular imperative canche	dative	cáncheme	not used	cánchele, cánchese	cánchenos	not used	cáncheles
	accusative	cáncheme	not used	cánchelo, cánchela, cánchese	cánchenos	not used	cánchelos, cánchelas
with first-person plural imperative canchemos	dative	not used	canchémoste	canchémosle	canchémonos	canchémoos	canchémosles
	accusative	not used	canchémoste	canchémoslo, canchémosla	canchémonos	canchémoos	canchémoslos, canchémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative canchad	dative	canchadme	not used	canchadle	canchadnos	canchaos	canchadles
	accusative	canchadme	not used	canchadlo, canchadla	canchadnos	canchaos	canchadlos, canchadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative canchen	dative	cánchenme	not used	cánchenle	cánchennos	not used	cánchenles, cánchense
	accusative	cánchenme	not used	cánchenlo, cánchenla	cánchennos	not used	cánchenlos, cánchenlas, cánchense

Derived terms

• canchada
• canchado (“the process of first milling of mate; mate dried and ready to be milled”)

References

• Morínigo, Marcos Augusto (1985), “canchar”, in Diccionario de americanismos (in Spanish), Barcelona: Muchnik Editores, →ISBN, page 121a
• Sánchez Arévalo, Francisco (1950), “Notas sobre el lenguaje de Río de Oro”, in Thesaurus. Boletín del Instituto Caro y Cuervo‎^[1] (in Spanish), volume 6, number 2, page 224