Borrowed fromArabicشَكَا(šakā,“to complain”) or more likely a derivative. The-ch- points to Maghrebi Arabictšakka, from classicalتَشَكَّى(tašakkā), which is a frequentative/intensive of the first-mentioned verb. Alternatively it might perhaps be from the nounالشَكْوَى(aš-šakwā,“complaint”); compareachaque.
- IPA(key):/at͡ʃaˈkaɾ/[a.t͡ʃaˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes:-aɾ
- Syllabification:a‧cha‧car
achacar (first-person singular presentachaco,first-person singular preteriteachaqué,past participleachacado)
- toattribute (something to someone); toblame
- Synonyms:culpar,echar la culpa,responsabilizar,imputar,atribuir
1999 October 21, Amelia Castilla, “Mañas completa con 'Sonko 95' su tetralogía sobre jóvenes de los 90”, inEl País[1], Madrid,→ISSN:[…] A esa característica de su literaturaachaca Mañas el gancho que tienen sus novelas para ser adaptadas al cine.- (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayanvoseo prefers thetú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms ofachacar (c-qu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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| with infinitiveachacar | dative | achacarme | achacarte | achacarle,achacarse | achacarnos | achacaros | achacarles,achacarse |
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| accusative | achacarme | achacarte | achacarlo,achacarla,achacarse | achacarnos | achacaros | achacarlos,achacarlas,achacarse |
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| with gerundachacando | dative | achacándome | achacándote | achacándole,achacándose | achacándonos | achacándoos | achacándoles,achacándose |
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| accusative | achacándome | achacándote | achacándolo,achacándola,achacándose | achacándonos | achacándoos | achacándolos,achacándolas,achacándose |
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| with informal second-person singulartú imperativeachaca | dative | achácame | achácate | achácale | achácanos | not used | achácales |
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| accusative | achácame | achácate | achácalo,achácala | achácanos | not used | achácalos,achácalas |
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| with informal second-person singularvos imperativeachacá | dative | achacame | achacate | achacale | achacanos | not used | achacales |
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| accusative | achacame | achacate | achacalo,achacala | achacanos | not used | achacalos,achacalas |
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| with formal second-person singular imperativeachaque | dative | acháqueme | not used | acháquele,acháquese | acháquenos | not used | acháqueles |
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| accusative | acháqueme | not used | acháquelo,acháquela,acháquese | acháquenos | not used | acháquelos,acháquelas |
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| with first-person plural imperativeachaquemos | dative | not used | achaquémoste | achaquémosle | achaquémonos | achaquémoos | achaquémosles |
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| accusative | not used | achaquémoste | achaquémoslo,achaquémosla | achaquémonos | achaquémoos | achaquémoslos,achaquémoslas |
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| with informal second-person plural imperativeachacad | dative | achacadme | not used | achacadle | achacadnos | achacaos | achacadles |
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| accusative | achacadme | not used | achacadlo,achacadla | achacadnos | achacaos | achacadlos,achacadlas |
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| with formal second-person plural imperativeachaquen | dative | acháquenme | not used | acháquenle | acháquennos | not used | acháquenles,acháquense |
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| accusative | acháquenme | not used | acháquenlo,acháquenla | acháquennos | not used | acháquenlos,acháquenlas,acháquense |
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