cafichear

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Spanish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

cafichar

Etymology[edit]

From cafiche +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /kafit͡ʃeˈaɾ/ [ka.fi.t͡ʃeˈaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: ca‧fi‧che‧ar

Verb[edit]

cafichear (first-person singular present caficheo, first-person singular preterite caficheé, past participle caficheado)

(Chile, colloquial) to sponge
Synonyms: bolsear, chulear, gorronear

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of cafichear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			cafichear
gerund			caficheando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		caficheado		caficheada
		plural		caficheados		caficheadas
		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	caficheo	caficheas^{^tú} caficheás^{^vos}	cafichea	caficheamos	caficheáis	cafichean
	imperfect	caficheaba	caficheabas	caficheaba	caficheábamos	caficheabais	caficheaban
	preterite	caficheé	caficheaste	caficheó	caficheamos	caficheasteis	cafichearon
	future	cafichearé	cafichearás	caficheará	cafichearemos	cafichearéis	cafichearán
	conditional	cafichearía	cafichearías	cafichearía	cafichearíamos	cafichearíais	cafichearían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cafichee	cafichees^{^tú} caficheés^{^vos²}	cafichee	caficheemos	caficheéis	caficheen
	imperfect (ra)	caficheara	cafichearas	caficheara	caficheáramos	cafichearais	cafichearan
	imperfect (se)	cafichease	caficheases	cafichease	caficheásemos	caficheaseis	caficheasen
	future¹	caficheare	caficheares	caficheare	caficheáremos	caficheareis	cafichearen

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cafichea^{^tú} caficheá^{^vos}	cafichee	caficheemos	cafichead	caficheen
	negative		no cafichees	no cafichee	no caficheemos	no caficheéis	no caficheen

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

Further reading[edit]

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

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