cachar
Spanish, verb/kaˈt͡ʃaɾ/
cachar is spelled C-A-C-H-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 86,552nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cachar is a Spanish verb meaning “to catch (to intercept)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Romper algo en pedazos o cachos”.
What does cachar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to catch (to intercept)
- 2
colloquialto catch, to get (to grasp mentally: perceive and understand)
- 3
colloquialto find out, spy out, peek
- 4
vulgarto have sex
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Romper algo en pedazos o cachos. 2. Romper la superficie de un objeto esmaltado o cerámico, revelando el material áspero debajo. 3. Conversar larga, amigable o animadamente.
verb: 1. Sorprender haciendo algo malo. 2. Tener relaciones sexuales. 3. Atrapar algo al vuelo, especialmente en el deporte. 4. Quitar o tomar para sí lo ajeno sin emplear violencia.
verb: 1. Registrar manualmente a una persona por sobre sus vestidos para averiguar si porta armas u otros objetos.
verb: 1. Percibir el significado, sentido o motivo de una acción o dicho.
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 cachar
- cacho first-person present singular
- caché first-person preterite singular
- cachado participle past
- cachando gerund
- cachada feminine participle past
- cachados masculine participle past
- cachadas feminine participle past
- cachas indicative informal present
- cachás indicative informal present
- cacha indicative present singular
- cachamos first-person indicative plural
- cacháis indicative plural present
- cachan indicative plural present
- cachaba first-person imperfect indicative
- cachabas imperfect indicative second-person
- cachábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- cachabais imperfect indicative plural
- cachaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cachar?
- /kaˈt͡ʃaɾ/
- [kaˈt͡ʃaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cachar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cachar in Spanish?
cachar appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).