escrachar

Portuguese

Etymology

Debated, but probably from Spanish escrachar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.kɾaˈʃa(ʁ)/ [is.kɾaˈʃa(h)], /es.kɾaˈʃa(ʁ)/ [es.kɾaˈʃa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.kɾaˈʃa(ʁ)/ [is.kɾaˈʃa(h)], /es.kɾaˈʃa(ʁ)/ [es.kɾaˈʃa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /is.kɾaˈʃa(ɾ)/, /es.kɾaˈʃa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.kɾaˈʃa(ʁ)/ [iʃ.kɾaˈʃa(χ)], /eʃ.kɾaˈʃa(ʁ)/ [eʃ.kɾaˈʃa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.kɾaˈʃa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.kɾɐˈʃaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.kɾɐˈʃaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.kɾɐˈt͡ʃaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.kɾɐˈʃa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: es‧cra‧char

Verb

escrachar (first-person singular present escracho, first-person singular preterite escrachei, past participle escrachado)

1. (transitive, Brazil, colloquial) to book, to mugshot (to photograph and register someone's details with the police)
2. (transitive, Brazil, colloquial) to unmask (to reveal the intentions of someone who was trying to hide them)

   Synonym: desmascarar

3. (transitive, Brazil, colloquial) to reprimand severely
4. (transitive, Brazil, colloquial) to ridicule

   Synonym: ridicularizar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of escrachar (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	escrachar
Personal	escrachar	escrachares	escrachar	escracharmos	escrachardes	escracharem
Gerund
	escrachando
Past participle
Masculine	escrachado			escrachados
Feminine	escrachada			escrachadas
Indicative
Present	escracho	escrachas	escracha	escrachamos	escrachais	escracham
Imperfect	escrachava	escrachavas	escrachava	escrachávamos	escracháveis	escrachavam
Preterite	escrachei	escrachaste	escrachou	escrachamos1, escrachámos2	escrachastes	escracharam
Pluperfect	escrachara	escracharas	escrachara	escracháramos	escracháreis	escracharam
Future	escracharei	escracharás	escrachará	escracharemos	escrachareis	escracharão
Conditional	escracharia	escracharias	escracharia	escracharíamos	escracharíeis	escrachariam
Subjunctive
Present	escrache	escraches	escrache	escrachemos	escracheis	escrachem
Imperfect	escrachasse	escrachasses	escrachasse	escrachássemos	escrachásseis	escrachassem
Future	escrachar	escrachares	escrachar	escracharmos	escrachardes	escracharem
Imperative
Affirmative		escracha	escrache	escrachemos	escrachai	escrachem
Negative (não)		não escraches	não escrache	não escrachemos	não escracheis	não escrachem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “escrachar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “escrachar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “escrachar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “escrachar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain; proposed are Italian schiacciare (“to crush”), Ligurian scracâ, or English scratch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskɾaˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [es.kɾaˈt͡ʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: es‧cra‧char

Verb

escrachar (first-person singular present escracho, first-person singular preterite escraché, past participle escrachado)

1. (Rioplatense) to destroy; defeat

   Synonyms: romper, destruir, aplastar

2. (Rioplatense) to give away; rat on
3. (Rioplatense) to publicly shame someone for their illegal actions or gross misconduct

   Synonym: (Chile) funar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of escrachar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			escrachar
gerund			escrachando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		escrachado		escrachada
		plural		escrachados		escrachadas
		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	escracho	escrachastú escrachásvos	escracha	escrachamos	escracháis	escrachan
	imperfect	escrachaba	escrachabas	escrachaba	escrachábamos	escrachabais	escrachaban
	preterite	escraché	escrachaste	escrachó	escrachamos	escrachasteis	escracharon
	future	escracharé	escracharás	escrachará	escracharemos	escracharéis	escracharán
	conditional	escracharía	escracharías	escracharía	escracharíamos	escracharíais	escracharían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	escrache	escrachestú escrachésvos2	escrache	escrachemos	escrachéis	escrachen
	imperfect (ra)	escrachara	escracharas	escrachara	escracháramos	escracharais	escracharan
	imperfect (se)	escrachase	escrachases	escrachase	escrachásemos	escrachaseis	escrachasen
	future1	escrachare	escrachares	escrachare	escracháremos	escrachareis	escracharen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		escrachatú escrachávos	escrache	escrachemos	escrachad	escrachen
	negative		no escraches	no escrache	no escrachemos	no escrachéis	no escrachen

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

Derived terms

• escrache

Further reading

• “escrachar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024