apapachar
Spanish, verb/apapaˈt͡ʃaɾ/
apapachar is spelled A-P-A-P-A-C-H-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 63 million words in written Spanish, the 277,009th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apapachar is a Spanish verb meaning “to cuddle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar abrazos, caricias o palmaditas de cariño”.
What does apapachar mean in English?
verb
- 1
Mexicoto cuddle
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dar abrazos, caricias o palmaditas de cariño.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of apapachar
- apapacho first-person present singular
- apapaché first-person preterite singular
- apapachado participle past
- apapachando gerund
- apapachada feminine participle past
- apapachados masculine participle past
- apapachadas feminine participle past
- apapachas indicative informal present
- apapachás indicative informal present
- apapacha indicative present singular
- apapachamos first-person indicative plural
- apapacháis indicative plural present
- apapachan indicative plural present
- apapachaba first-person imperfect indicative
- apapachabas imperfect indicative second-person
- apapachábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- apapachabais imperfect indicative plural
- apapachaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apapachar?
- /apapaˈt͡ʃaɾ/
- [a.pa.paˈt͡ʃaɾ]
- [apapaˈt͡ʃaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to apapachar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apapachar in Spanish?
apapachar appears about once in every 63 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).