tachar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French tacher (“to stain”).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐˈʃaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐˈʃaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐtˈʃaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐˈʃa.ɾi/

• Homophone: taxar
• Hyphenation: ta‧char

Verb

tachar (first-person singular present tacho, first-person singular preterite tachei, past participle tachado) (transitive)

1. to qualify, to label, to brand (to ascribe a negative quality to) [with de ‘as’]

   Synonyms: qualificar, timbrar

2. to criticise (to find fault in)

   Synonym: criticar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tachar (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	tachar
Personal	tachar	tachares	tachar	tacharmos	tachardes	tacharem
Gerund
	tachando
Past participle
Masculine	tachado			tachados
Feminine	tachada			tachadas
Indicative
Present	tacho	tachas	tacha	tachamos	tachais	tacham
Imperfect	tachava	tachavas	tachava	tachávamos	tacháveis	tachavam
Preterite	tachei	tachaste	tachou	tachamos1, tachámos2	tachastes	tacharam
Pluperfect	tachara	tacharas	tachara	tacháramos	tacháreis	tacharam
Future	tacharei	tacharás	tachará	tacharemos	tachareis	tacharão
Conditional	tacharia	tacharias	tacharia	tacharíamos	tacharíeis	tachariam
Subjunctive
Present	tache	taches	tache	tachemos	tacheis	tachem
Imperfect	tachasse	tachasses	tachasse	tachássemos	tachásseis	tachassem
Future	tachar	tachares	tachar	tacharmos	tachardes	tacharem
Imperative
Affirmative		tacha	tache	tachemos	tachai	tachem
Negative (não)		não taches	não tache	não tachemos	não tacheis	não tachem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “tachar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “tachar”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “tachar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From tacha (“fault, blemish”) + -ar. Compare Portuguese tachar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [t̪aˈt͡ʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ta‧char

Verb

tachar (first-person singular present tacho, first-person singular preterite taché, past participle tachado) (transitive)

1. to cross out

   Synonym: borrar

2. to omit, leave out
3. to qualify, to label, to brand (to ascribe a negative quality to) [with de ‘as’]
   • 2020 August 27, “El Ayuntamiento de Barcelona reprueba el papel del Gobierno en la marcha de Juan Carlos I”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Esta vez el concejal y Eva Parera, la segunda edil de la formación, se han ausentado de un pleno, que desde que lo pidieron los republicanos y neoconvergentes han tachado de “ilegal”.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tachar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			tachar
gerund			tachando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tachado		tachada
		plural		tachados		tachadas
		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	tacho	tachastú tachásvos	tacha	tachamos	tacháis	tachan
	imperfect	tachaba	tachabas	tachaba	tachábamos	tachabais	tachaban
	preterite	taché	tachaste	tachó	tachamos	tachasteis	tacharon
	future	tacharé	tacharás	tachará	tacharemos	tacharéis	tacharán
	conditional	tacharía	tacharías	tacharía	tacharíamos	tacharíais	tacharían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tache	tachestú tachésvos2	tache	tachemos	tachéis	tachen
	imperfect (ra)	tachara	tacharas	tachara	tacháramos	tacharais	tacharan
	imperfect (se)	tachase	tachases	tachase	tachásemos	tachaseis	tachasen
	future1	tachare	tachares	tachare	tacháremos	tachareis	tacharen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tachatú tachávos	tache	tachemos	tachad	tachen
	negative		no taches	no tache	no tachemos	no tachéis	no tachen

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

    Selected combined forms of tachar

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 tachar	dative	tacharme	tacharte	tacharle, tacharse	tacharnos	tacharos	tacharles, tacharse
	accusative	tacharme	tacharte	tacharlo, tacharla, tacharse	tacharnos	tacharos	tacharlos, tacharlas, tacharse
with gerund tachando	dative	tachándome	tachándote	tachándole, tachándose	tachándonos	tachándoos	tachándoles, tachándose
	accusative	tachándome	tachándote	tachándolo, tachándola, tachándose	tachándonos	tachándoos	tachándolos, tachándolas, tachándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative tacha	dative	táchame	táchate	táchale	táchanos	not used	táchales
	accusative	táchame	táchate	táchalo, táchala	táchanos	not used	táchalos, táchalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative tachá	dative	tachame	tachate	tachale	tachanos	not used	tachales
	accusative	tachame	tachate	tachalo, tachala	tachanos	not used	tachalos, tachalas
with formal second-person singular imperative tache	dative	tácheme	not used	táchele, táchese	táchenos	not used	tácheles
	accusative	tácheme	not used	táchelo, táchela, táchese	táchenos	not used	táchelos, táchelas
with first-person plural imperative tachemos	dative	not used	tachémoste	tachémosle	tachémonos	tachémoos	tachémosles
	accusative	not used	tachémoste	tachémoslo, tachémosla	tachémonos	tachémoos	tachémoslos, tachémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tachad	dative	tachadme	not used	tachadle	tachadnos	tachaos	tachadles
	accusative	tachadme	not used	tachadlo, tachadla	tachadnos	tachaos	tachadlos, tachadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tachen	dative	táchenme	not used	táchenle	táchennos	not used	táchenles, táchense
	accusative	táchenme	not used	táchenlo, táchenla	táchennos	not used	táchenlos, táchenlas, táchense

Derived terms

• tachable
• tachador
• tachadura
• tache
• tachón

Related terms

• intachable
• tacha

Further reading

• “tachar”, 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