Etymology
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From cancha (“pitch, open place, field etc.”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /kanˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [kãnʲˈt͡ʃaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: can‧char
canchar (first-person singular present cancho, first-person singular preterite canché, past participle canchado)
- (technical term in the production of mate, transitive) to perform the first milling of the leaves of, crushing the leaves broadly before ageing
- (Argentina and Paraguay, transitive) to toast, to roast
- Synonym: tostar
- (Argentina) to play with each other’s hands attempting to slap them and stop them
- (Argentina, fencing) synonym of vistear
- (Peru, of services, transitive) to sell, to put on the market
- Synonym: vender
- (probably obsolete Colombia slang, reflexive plus direct object, of an item of clothing) to put on, to don
- Synonym: ponerse
- (probably obsolete Colombia slang, transitive, of a spinning top) to lose
- Synonym: perder
Conjugation
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1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú 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.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive canchar
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dative
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cancharme
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cancharte
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cancharle, cancharse
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cancharnos
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cancharos
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cancharles, cancharse
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accusative
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cancharme
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cancharte
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cancharlo, cancharla, cancharse
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cancharnos
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cancharos
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cancharlos, cancharlas, cancharse
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with gerund canchando
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dative
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canchándome
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canchándote
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canchándole, canchándose
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canchándonos
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canchándoos
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canchándoles, canchándose
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accusative
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canchándome
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canchándote
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canchándolo, canchándola, canchándose
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canchándonos
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canchándoos
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canchándolos, canchándolas, canchándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative cancha
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dative
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cánchame
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cánchate
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cánchale
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cánchanos
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not used
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cánchales
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accusative
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cánchame
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cánchate
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cánchalo, cánchala
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cánchanos
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not used
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cánchalos, cánchalas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative canchá
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dative
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canchame
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canchate
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canchale
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canchanos
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not used
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canchales
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accusative
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canchame
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canchate
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canchalo, canchala
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canchanos
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not used
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canchalos, canchalas
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with formal second-person singular imperative canche
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dative
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cáncheme
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not used
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cánchele, cánchese
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cánchenos
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not used
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cáncheles
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accusative
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cáncheme
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not used
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cánchelo, cánchela, cánchese
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cánchenos
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not used
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cánchelos, cánchelas
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with first-person plural imperative canchemos
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dative
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not used
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canchémoste
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canchémosle
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canchémonos
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canchémoos
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canchémosles
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accusative
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not used
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canchémoste
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canchémoslo, canchémosla
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canchémonos
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canchémoos
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canchémoslos, canchémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative canchad
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dative
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canchadme
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not used
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canchadle
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canchadnos
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canchaos
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canchadles
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accusative
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canchadme
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not used
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canchadlo, canchadla
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canchadnos
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canchaos
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canchadlos, canchadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative canchen
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dative
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cánchenme
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not used
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cánchenle
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cánchennos
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not used
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cánchenles, cánchense
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accusative
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cánchenme
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not used
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cánchenlo, cánchenla
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cánchennos
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not used
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cánchenlos, cánchenlas, cánchense
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Derived terms
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- canchada
- canchado (“the process of first milling of mate; mate dried and ready to be milled”)
References
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- 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