techar

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-der.

Proto-Italic *tegō

Latin tegō

Latin tēctum

Spanish techo

Spanish -ar

Spanish techar

From techo + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [t̪eˈt͡ʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: te‧char

Verb

techar (first-person singular present techo, first-person singular preterite teché, past participle techado)

1. to shingle; to roof

Conjugation

    Conjugation of techar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			techar
gerund			techando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		techado		techada
		plural		techados		techadas
		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	techo	techastú techásvos	techa	techamos	techáis	techan
	imperfect	techaba	techabas	techaba	techábamos	techabais	techaban
	preterite	teché	techaste	techó	techamos	techasteis	techaron
	future	techaré	techarás	techará	techaremos	techaréis	techarán
	conditional	techaría	techarías	techaría	techaríamos	techaríais	techarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	teche	techestú techésvos2	teche	techemos	techéis	techen
	imperfect (ra)	techara	techaras	techara	techáramos	techarais	techaran
	imperfect (se)	techase	techases	techase	techásemos	techaseis	techasen
	future1	techare	techares	techare	techáremos	techareis	techaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		techatú techávos	teche	techemos	techad	techen
	negative		no teches	no teche	no techemos	no techéis	no techen

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

    Selected combined forms of techar

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 techar	dative	techarme	techarte	techarle, techarse	techarnos	techaros	techarles, techarse
	accusative	techarme	techarte	techarlo, techarla, techarse	techarnos	techaros	techarlos, techarlas, techarse
with gerund techando	dative	techándome	techándote	techándole, techándose	techándonos	techándoos	techándoles, techándose
	accusative	techándome	techándote	techándolo, techándola, techándose	techándonos	techándoos	techándolos, techándolas, techándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative techa	dative	téchame	téchate	téchale	téchanos	not used	téchales
	accusative	téchame	téchate	téchalo, téchala	téchanos	not used	téchalos, téchalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative techá	dative	techame	techate	techale	techanos	not used	techales
	accusative	techame	techate	techalo, techala	techanos	not used	techalos, techalas
with formal second-person singular imperative teche	dative	técheme	not used	téchele, téchese	téchenos	not used	técheles
	accusative	técheme	not used	téchelo, téchela, téchese	téchenos	not used	téchelos, téchelas
with first-person plural imperative techemos	dative	not used	techémoste	techémosle	techémonos	techémoos	techémosles
	accusative	not used	techémoste	techémoslo, techémosla	techémonos	techémoos	techémoslos, techémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative techad	dative	techadme	not used	techadle	techadnos	techaos	techadles
	accusative	techadme	not used	techadlo, techadla	techadnos	techaos	techadlos, techadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative techen	dative	téchenme	not used	téchenle	téchennos	not used	téchenles, téchense
	accusative	téchenme	not used	téchenlo, téchenla	téchennos	not used	téchenlos, téchenlas, téchense

Further reading

• “techar”, 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