cinchar

Asturian

Verb

cinchar (first-person singular indicative present cincho, past participle cincháu)

1. to girth

Conjugation

Conjugation of cinchar

infinitive		cinchar
gerund		cinchando
past participle		m cincháu, f cinchada, n cinchao, m pl cinchaos, f pl cinchaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	cincho	cinches	cincha	cinchamos	cincháis	cinchen
	imperfect	cinchaba	cinchabes	cinchaba	cinchábemos, cinchábamos	cinchabeis, cinchabais	cinchaben
	preterite	cinché	cinchasti, cinchesti	cinchó	cinchemos	cinchastis, cinchestis	cincharon
	pluperfect	cinchare, cinchara	cinchares, cincharas	cinchare, cinchara	cincháremos, cincháramos	cinchareis, cincharais	cincharen, cincharan
	future	cincharé	cincharás	cinchará	cincharemos	cincharéis	cincharán
	conditional	cincharía	cincharíes	cincharía	cincharíemos, cincharíamos	cincharíeis, cincharíais	cincharíen
subjunctive	present	cinche	cinches, cinchas	cinche	cinchemos	cinchéis	cinchen, cinchan
	imperfect	cinchare, cinchara	cinchares, cincharas	cinchare, cinchara	cincháremos, cincháramos	cinchareis, cincharais	cincharen, cincharan
imperative		—	cincha	—	—	cinchái	—

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese çinllar (compare cincha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θinˈt͡ʃaɾ/, (western) /sinˈt͡ʃaɾ/

Verb

cinchar (first-person singular present cincho, first-person singular preterite cinchei, past participle cinchado)

1. to girth
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 101:

     primeiramente pararas o Cauallo en lugar caente et caenta enno fogo pedras, et lançaas so o uentre do Cauallo, et Cubri o Cauallo de hũa cuberta de llãa, et llança sobre aquellas pedras agooa caente tanto que as faças fumegar en gisa que se uolua o Cauallo en suuor todo. Et depois çinllalle aquella cuberta, et este asesegado naqel lugar ataa que se cunsuma toda a suur del

     first, you shall take the horse to a hot place, and heat on the fire some stones, and put them under the horse's belly, and cover the horse with a wool coverture, and pour over that stones hot water so that they steam in order that the horse covers in sweat. Then girth that coverture to the horse, and let he be in calm at that place till his sweat dries

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cinchar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cinchar
Personal	cinchar	cinchares	cinchar	cincharmos	cinchardes	cincharen
Gerund
	cinchando
Past participle
Masculine	cinchado			cinchados
Feminine	cinchada			cinchadas
Indicative
Present	cincho	cinchas	cincha	cinchamos	cinchades	cinchan
Imperfect	cinchaba	cinchabas	cinchaba	cinchabamos	cinchabades	cinchaban
Preterite	cinchei	cinchaches	cinchou	cinchamos	cinchastes	cincharon
Pluperfect	cinchara	cincharas	cinchara	cincharamos	cincharades	cincharan
Future	cincharei	cincharás	cinchará	cincharemos	cincharedes	cincharán
Conditional	cincharía	cincharías	cincharía	cinchariamos	cinchariades	cincharían
Subjunctive
Present	cinche	cinches	cinche	cinchemos	cinchedes	cinchen
Imperfect	cinchase	cinchases	cinchase	cinchásemos	cinchásedes	cinchasen
Future	cinchar	cinchares	cinchar	cincharmos	cinchardes	cincharen
Imperative
Affirmative		cincha	cinche	cinchemos	cinchade	cinchen
Negative (non)		non cinches	non cinche	non cinchemos	non cinchedes	non cinchen

    Reintegrated conjugation of cinchar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cinchar
Personal	cinchar	cinchares	cinchar	cincharmos	cinchardes	cincharem
Gerund
	cinchando
Past participle
Masculine	cinchado			cinchados
Feminine	cinchada			cinchadas
Indicative
Present	cincho	cinchas	cincha	cinchamos	cinchades, cinchais	cincham
Imperfect	cinchava	cinchavas	cinchava	cinchávamos	cinchávades, cincháveis, cinchávais1	cinchavam
Preterite	cinchei	cinchaste, cinchache1	cinchou	cinchamos	cinchastes	cinchárom, cincharam
Pluperfect	cinchara	cincharas	cinchara	cincháramos	cinchárades, cincháreis, cinchárais1	cincharam
Future	cincharei	cincharás	cinchará	cincharemos	cincharedes, cinchareis	cincharám, cincharão
Conditional	cincharia	cincharias	cincharia	cincharíamos	cincharíades, cincharíeis, cincharíais1	cinchariam
Subjunctive
Present	cinche	cinches	cinche	cinchemos	cinchedes, cincheis	cinchem
Imperfect	cinchasse	cinchasses	cinchasse	cinchássemos	cinchássedes, cinchásseis	cinchassem
Future	cinchar	cinchares	cinchar	cincharmos	cinchardes	cincharem
Imperative
Affirmative		cincha	cinche	cinchemos	cinchade, cinchai	cinchem
Negative (nom)		nom cinches	nom cinche	nom cinchemos	nom cinchedes, nom cincheis	nom cinchem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• cincha
• cincho

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cinchar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “cinchar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “cinchar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cinchar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cinchar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin cingō

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Indo-European *-tlom

Proto-Italic *-klom?

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos?

Latin -ulum

Latin cingulumlbor.

Portuguese cincho

Portuguese -ar

Portuguese cinchar

From cincho (“cheese press”) + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sĩˈʃa(ʁ)/ [sĩˈʃa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sĩˈʃa(ʁ)/ [sĩˈʃa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /sĩˈʃa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /sĩˈʃa(ʁ)/ [sĩˈʃa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /sĩˈʃa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sĩˈʃaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sĩˈʃaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sĩtˈʃaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sĩˈʃa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: cin‧char

Verb

cinchar (first-person singular present cincho, first-person singular preterite cinchei, past participle cinchado)

1. (transitive) to press cheese; to dry cheese
2. (Brazil, transitive) to girth; to cinch

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cinchar (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	cinchar
Personal	cinchar	cinchares	cinchar	cincharmos	cinchardes	cincharem
Gerund
	cinchando
Past participle
Masculine	cinchado			cinchados
Feminine	cinchada			cinchadas
Indicative
Present	cincho	cinchas	cincha	cinchamos	cinchais	cincham
Imperfect	cinchava	cinchavas	cinchava	cinchávamos	cincháveis	cinchavam
Preterite	cinchei	cinchaste	cinchou	cinchamos1, cinchámos2	cinchastes	cincharam
Pluperfect	cinchara	cincharas	cinchara	cincháramos	cincháreis	cincharam
Future	cincharei	cincharás	cinchará	cincharemos	cinchareis	cincharão
Conditional	cincharia	cincharias	cincharia	cincharíamos	cincharíeis	cinchariam
Subjunctive
Present	cinche	cinches	cinche	cinchemos	cincheis	cinchem
Imperfect	cinchasse	cinchasses	cinchasse	cinchássemos	cinchásseis	cinchassem
Future	cinchar	cinchares	cinchar	cincharmos	cinchardes	cincharem
Imperative
Affirmative		cincha	cinche	cinchemos	cinchai	cinchem
Negative (não)		não cinches	não cinche	não cinchemos	não cincheis	não cinchem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “cinchar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “cinchar”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish cincha

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -āre

Old Spanish -ar

Spanish -ar

Spanish cincho

▲

Spanish -ar

Spanish cinchar

From cincha + -ar, or from cincho + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θinˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [θĩnʲˈt͡ʃaɾ] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /sinˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [sĩnʲˈt͡ʃaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cin‧char

Verb

cinchar (first-person singular present cincho, first-person singular preterite cinché, past participle cinchado)

1. (equestrianism) to girth
2. to girdle

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cinchar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			cinchar
gerund			cinchando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cinchado		cinchada
		plural		cinchados		cinchadas
		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	cincho	cinchastú cinchásvos	cincha	cinchamos	cincháis	cinchan
	imperfect	cinchaba	cinchabas	cinchaba	cinchábamos	cinchabais	cinchaban
	preterite	cinché	cinchaste	cinchó	cinchamos	cinchasteis	cincharon
	future	cincharé	cincharás	cinchará	cincharemos	cincharéis	cincharán
	conditional	cincharía	cincharías	cincharía	cincharíamos	cincharíais	cincharían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cinche	cinchestú cinchésvos2	cinche	cinchemos	cinchéis	cinchen
	imperfect (ra)	cinchara	cincharas	cinchara	cincháramos	cincharais	cincharan
	imperfect (se)	cinchase	cinchases	cinchase	cinchásemos	cinchaseis	cinchasen
	future1	cinchare	cinchares	cinchare	cincháremos	cinchareis	cincharen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cinchatú cinchávos	cinche	cinchemos	cinchad	cinchen
	negative		no cinches	no cinche	no cinchemos	no cinchéis	no cinchen

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

    Selected combined forms of cinchar

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 cinchar	dative	cincharme	cincharte	cincharle, cincharse	cincharnos	cincharos	cincharles, cincharse
	accusative	cincharme	cincharte	cincharlo, cincharla, cincharse	cincharnos	cincharos	cincharlos, cincharlas, cincharse
with gerund cinchando	dative	cinchándome	cinchándote	cinchándole, cinchándose	cinchándonos	cinchándoos	cinchándoles, cinchándose
	accusative	cinchándome	cinchándote	cinchándolo, cinchándola, cinchándose	cinchándonos	cinchándoos	cinchándolos, cinchándolas, cinchándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative cincha	dative	cínchame	cínchate	cínchale	cínchanos	not used	cínchales
	accusative	cínchame	cínchate	cínchalo, cínchala	cínchanos	not used	cínchalos, cínchalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative cinchá	dative	cinchame	cinchate	cinchale	cinchanos	not used	cinchales
	accusative	cinchame	cinchate	cinchalo, cinchala	cinchanos	not used	cinchalos, cinchalas
with formal second-person singular imperative cinche	dative	cíncheme	not used	cínchele, cínchese	cínchenos	not used	cíncheles
	accusative	cíncheme	not used	cínchelo, cínchela, cínchese	cínchenos	not used	cínchelos, cínchelas
with first-person plural imperative cinchemos	dative	not used	cinchémoste	cinchémosle	cinchémonos	cinchémoos	cinchémosles
	accusative	not used	cinchémoste	cinchémoslo, cinchémosla	cinchémonos	cinchémoos	cinchémoslos, cinchémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative cinchad	dative	cinchadme	not used	cinchadle	cinchadnos	cinchaos	cinchadles
	accusative	cinchadme	not used	cinchadlo, cinchadla	cinchadnos	cinchaos	cinchadlos, cinchadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative cinchen	dative	cínchenme	not used	cínchenle	cínchennos	not used	cínchenles, cínchense
	accusative	cínchenme	not used	cínchenlo, cínchenla	cínchennos	not used	cínchenlos, cínchenlas, cínchense

Further reading

• “cinchar”, 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