perchar

Spanish

Etymology

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Verb

perchar (first-person singular present percho, first-person singular preterite perché, past participle perchado)

1. to card (with a carding machine)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of perchar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			perchar
gerund			perchando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		perchado		perchada
		plural		perchados		perchadas
		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	percho	perchastú perchásvos	percha	perchamos	percháis	perchan
	imperfect	perchaba	perchabas	perchaba	perchábamos	perchabais	perchaban
	preterite	perché	perchaste	perchó	perchamos	perchasteis	percharon
	future	percharé	percharás	perchará	percharemos	percharéis	percharán
	conditional	percharía	percharías	percharía	percharíamos	percharíais	percharían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	perche	perchestú perchésvos2	perche	perchemos	perchéis	perchen
	imperfect (ra)	perchara	percharas	perchara	percháramos	percharais	percharan
	imperfect (se)	perchase	perchases	perchase	perchásemos	perchaseis	perchasen
	future1	perchare	perchares	perchare	percháremos	perchareis	percharen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		perchatú perchávos	perche	perchemos	perchad	perchen
	negative		no perches	no perche	no perchemos	no perchéis	no perchen

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

Further reading

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