achacar

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic شَكَا (šakā, to complain) or more likely a derivative. The -ch- points to Maghrebi Arabic tšakka, from classical تَشَكَّى (tašakkā), which is a frequentative/intensive of the first-mentioned verb. Alternatively it might perhaps be from the noun الشَكْوَى (aš-šakwā, complaint); compare achaque.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /at͡ʃaˈkaɾ/ [a.t͡ʃaˈkaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧cha‧car

Verb[edit]

achacar (first-person singular present achaco, first-person singular preterite achaqué, past participle achacado)

  1. to attribute (something to someone); to blame
    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”, in El País[1], Madrid, →ISSN:
      [] A esa característica de su literatura achaca Mañas el gancho que tienen sus novelas para ser adaptadas al cine.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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