charquear

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaʁ.keˈa(ʁ)/ [ʃah.keˈa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaʁ.keˈa(ʁ)/ [ʃah.keˈa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʃaɾ.keˈa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʃaʁ.keˈa(ʁ)/ [ʃaχ.keˈa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ʃaɻ.keˈa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐɾˈkjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐɾˈkjaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɐɾˈkjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐɾˈkja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: char‧que‧ar

Verb

charquear (first-person singular present charqueio, first-person singular preterite charqueei, past participle charqueado)

1. to jerk (to cure meat by cutting it into strips and drying it)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of charquear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	charquear
Personal	charquear	charqueares	charquear	charquearmos	charqueardes	charquearem
Gerund
	charqueando
Past participle
Masculine	charqueado			charqueados
Feminine	charqueada			charqueadas
Indicative
Present	charqueio	charqueias	charqueia	charqueamos	charqueais	charqueiam
Imperfect	charqueava	charqueavas	charqueava	charqueávamos	charqueáveis	charqueavam
Preterite	charqueei	charqueaste	charqueou	charqueamos1, charqueámos2	charqueastes	charquearam
Pluperfect	charqueara	charquearas	charqueara	charqueáramos	charqueáreis	charquearam
Future	charquearei	charquearás	charqueará	charquearemos	charqueareis	charquearão
Conditional	charquearia	charquearias	charquearia	charquearíamos	charquearíeis	charqueariam
Subjunctive
Present	charqueie	charqueies	charqueie	charqueemos	charqueeis	charqueiem
Imperfect	charqueasse	charqueasses	charqueasse	charqueássemos	charqueásseis	charqueassem
Future	charquear	charqueares	charquear	charquearmos	charqueardes	charquearem
Imperative
Affirmative		charqueia	charqueie	charqueemos	charqueai	charqueiem
Negative (não)		não charqueies	não charqueie	não charqueemos	não charqueeis	não charqueiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “charquear”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “charquear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Quechua charkibor.

Spanish charqui

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Latin -izō

Latin -izāre

Spanish -ear

Spanish charquear

From charqui + -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaɾkeˈaɾ/ [t͡ʃaɾ.keˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: char‧que‧ar

Verb

charquear (first-person singular present charqueo, first-person singular preterite charqueé, past participle charqueado)

1. (Southern Cone, Andes Mountains, transitive) to jerk (to cure meat by cutting it into strips and drying it)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of charquear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			charquear
gerund			charqueando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		charqueado		charqueada
		plural		charqueados		charqueadas
		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	charqueo	charqueastú charqueásvos	charquea	charqueamos	charqueáis	charquean
	imperfect	charqueaba	charqueabas	charqueaba	charqueábamos	charqueabais	charqueaban
	preterite	charqueé	charqueaste	charqueó	charqueamos	charqueasteis	charquearon
	future	charquearé	charquearás	charqueará	charquearemos	charquearéis	charquearán
	conditional	charquearía	charquearías	charquearía	charquearíamos	charquearíais	charquearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	charquee	charqueestú charqueésvos2	charquee	charqueemos	charqueéis	charqueen
	imperfect (ra)	charqueara	charquearas	charqueara	charqueáramos	charquearais	charquearan
	imperfect (se)	charquease	charqueases	charquease	charqueásemos	charqueaseis	charqueasen
	future1	charqueare	charqueares	charqueare	charqueáremos	charqueareis	charquearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		charqueatú charqueávos	charquee	charqueemos	charquead	charqueen
	negative		no charquees	no charquee	no charqueemos	no charqueéis	no charqueen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of charquear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive charquear	dative	charquearme	charquearte	charquearle, charquearse	charquearnos	charquearos	charquearles, charquearse
	accusative	charquearme	charquearte	charquearlo, charquearla, charquearse	charquearnos	charquearos	charquearlos, charquearlas, charquearse
with gerund charqueando	dative	charqueándome	charqueándote	charqueándole, charqueándose	charqueándonos	charqueándoos	charqueándoles, charqueándose
	accusative	charqueándome	charqueándote	charqueándolo, charqueándola, charqueándose	charqueándonos	charqueándoos	charqueándolos, charqueándolas, charqueándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative charquea	dative	charquéame	charquéate	charquéale	charquéanos	not used	charquéales
	accusative	charquéame	charquéate	charquéalo, charquéala	charquéanos	not used	charquéalos, charquéalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative charqueá	dative	charqueame	charqueate	charqueale	charqueanos	not used	charqueales
	accusative	charqueame	charqueate	charquealo, charqueala	charqueanos	not used	charquealos, charquealas
with formal second-person singular imperative charquee	dative	charquéeme	not used	charquéele, charquéese	charquéenos	not used	charquéeles
	accusative	charquéeme	not used	charquéelo, charquéela, charquéese	charquéenos	not used	charquéelos, charquéelas
with first-person plural imperative charqueemos	dative	not used	charqueémoste	charqueémosle	charqueémonos	charqueémoos	charqueémosles
	accusative	not used	charqueémoste	charqueémoslo, charqueémosla	charqueémonos	charqueémoos	charqueémoslos, charqueémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative charquead	dative	charqueadme	not used	charqueadle	charqueadnos	charqueaos	charqueadles
	accusative	charqueadme	not used	charqueadlo, charqueadla	charqueadnos	charqueaos	charqueadlos, charqueadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative charqueen	dative	charquéenme	not used	charquéenle	charquéennos	not used	charquéenles, charquéense
	accusative	charquéenme	not used	charquéenlo, charquéenla	charquéennos	not used	charquéenlos, charquéenlas, charquéense

Further reading

• “charquear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025