mechar

Spanish

Etymology

From mecha +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [meˈt͡ʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: me‧char

Verb

mechar (first-person singular present mecho, first-person singular preterite meché, past participle mechado)

1. (transitive) to lard

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mechar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			mechar
gerund			mechando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mechado		mechada
		plural		mechados		mechadas
		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	mecho	mechastú mechásvos	mecha	mechamos	mecháis	mechan
	imperfect	mechaba	mechabas	mechaba	mechábamos	mechabais	mechaban
	preterite	meché	mechaste	mechó	mechamos	mechasteis	mecharon
	future	mecharé	mecharás	mechará	mecharemos	mecharéis	mecharán
	conditional	mecharía	mecharías	mecharía	mecharíamos	mecharíais	mecharían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	meche	mechestú mechésvos2	meche	mechemos	mechéis	mechen
	imperfect (ra)	mechara	mecharas	mechara	mecháramos	mecharais	mecharan
	imperfect (se)	mechase	mechases	mechase	mechásemos	mechaseis	mechasen
	future1	mechare	mechares	mechare	mecháremos	mechareis	mecharen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		mechatú mechávos	meche	mechemos	mechad	mechen
	negative		no meches	no meche	no mechemos	no mechéis	no mechen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

• “mechar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014