duchar

See also: duchár

Portuguese

Etymology

From ducha +‎ -ar. Cf. French doucher.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /duˈʃaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /duˈʃaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dutˈʃaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /duˈʃa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: du‧char

Verb

duchar (first-person singular present ducho, first-person singular preterite duchei, past participle duchado)

1. (Brazil) to douche (to use a douche)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of duchar (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	duchar
Personal	duchar	duchares	duchar	ducharmos	duchardes	ducharem
Gerund
	duchando
Past participle
Masculine	duchado			duchados
Feminine	duchada			duchadas
Indicative
Present	ducho	duchas	ducha	duchamos	duchais	ducham
Imperfect	duchava	duchavas	duchava	duchávamos	ducháveis	duchavam
Preterite	duchei	duchaste	duchou	duchamos1, duchámos2	duchastes	ducharam
Pluperfect	duchara	ducharas	duchara	ducháramos	ducháreis	ducharam
Future	ducharei	ducharás	duchará	ducharemos	duchareis	ducharão
Conditional	ducharia	ducharias	ducharia	ducharíamos	ducharíeis	duchariam
Subjunctive
Present	duche	duches	duche	duchemos	ducheis	duchem
Imperfect	duchasse	duchasses	duchasse	duchássemos	duchásseis	duchassem
Future	duchar	duchares	duchar	ducharmos	duchardes	ducharem
Imperative
Affirmative		ducha	duche	duchemos	duchai	duchem
Negative (não)		não duches	não duche	não duchemos	não ducheis	não duchem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From ducha. Cf. French doucher.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [d̪uˈt͡ʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: du‧char

Verb

duchar (first-person singular present ducho, first-person singular preterite duché, past participle duchado)

1. to shower
2. (reflexive) to take a shower

Conjugation

    Conjugation of duchar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			duchar
gerund			duchando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		duchado		duchada
		plural		duchados		duchadas
		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	ducho	duchastú duchásvos	ducha	duchamos	ducháis	duchan
	imperfect	duchaba	duchabas	duchaba	duchábamos	duchabais	duchaban
	preterite	duché	duchaste	duchó	duchamos	duchasteis	ducharon
	future	ducharé	ducharás	duchará	ducharemos	ducharéis	ducharán
	conditional	ducharía	ducharías	ducharía	ducharíamos	ducharíais	ducharían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	duche	duchestú duchésvos2	duche	duchemos	duchéis	duchen
	imperfect (ra)	duchara	ducharas	duchara	ducháramos	ducharais	ducharan
	imperfect (se)	duchase	duchases	duchase	duchásemos	duchaseis	duchasen
	future1	duchare	duchares	duchare	ducháremos	duchareis	ducharen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		duchatú duchávos	duche	duchemos	duchad	duchen
	negative		no duches	no duche	no duchemos	no duchéis	no duchen

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

    Selected combined forms of duchar

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 duchar	dative	ducharme	ducharte	ducharle, ducharse	ducharnos	ducharos	ducharles, ducharse
	accusative	ducharme	ducharte	ducharlo, ducharla, ducharse	ducharnos	ducharos	ducharlos, ducharlas, ducharse
with gerund duchando	dative	duchándome	duchándote	duchándole, duchándose	duchándonos	duchándoos	duchándoles, duchándose
	accusative	duchándome	duchándote	duchándolo, duchándola, duchándose	duchándonos	duchándoos	duchándolos, duchándolas, duchándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative ducha	dative	dúchame	dúchate	dúchale	dúchanos	not used	dúchales
	accusative	dúchame	dúchate	dúchalo, dúchala	dúchanos	not used	dúchalos, dúchalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative duchá	dative	duchame	duchate	duchale	duchanos	not used	duchales
	accusative	duchame	duchate	duchalo, duchala	duchanos	not used	duchalos, duchalas
with formal second-person singular imperative duche	dative	dúcheme	not used	dúchele, dúchese	dúchenos	not used	dúcheles
	accusative	dúcheme	not used	dúchelo, dúchela, dúchese	dúchenos	not used	dúchelos, dúchelas
with first-person plural imperative duchemos	dative	not used	duchémoste	duchémosle	duchémonos	duchémoos	duchémosles
	accusative	not used	duchémoste	duchémoslo, duchémosla	duchémonos	duchémoos	duchémoslos, duchémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative duchad	dative	duchadme	not used	duchadle	duchadnos	duchaos	duchadles
	accusative	duchadme	not used	duchadlo, duchadla	duchadnos	duchaos	duchadlos, duchadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative duchen	dative	dúchenme	not used	dúchenle	dúchennos	not used	dúchenles, dúchense
	accusative	dúchenme	not used	dúchenlo, dúchenla	dúchennos	not used	dúchenlos, dúchenlas, dúchense

Related terms

• ducha
• ducharse

Further reading

• “duchar”, 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