pinchar
Spanish, verb/pinˈt͡ʃaɾ/
pinchar is spelled P-I-N-C-H-A-R (7 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 28,265th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pinchar is a Spanish verb meaning “to puncture, prick, pierce” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Clavar en algo una cosa punzante”.
What does pinchar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to puncture, prick, pierce
- 2
to poke
- 3
to sting
- 4
to click
- 5
colloquialto flirt
- 6
colloquialto get flirted
- 7
to deejay, DJ
- 8
to tap someone's phone (call up by telephone and suspend before a conversation is initiated in order to make the receiver call back)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Clavar en algo una cosa punzante. 2. Poner inyecciones. 3. Estimular. 4. Enojar.
verb: 1. Dicho de una empresa o proyecto o empresa, o de una persona o equipo: Fracasar en la realización de su función o actividad. 2. Mantener relaciones sexuales. 3. Incrustarse un objeto en algún lugar por ser puntiagudo.
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 pinchar
- pincho first-person present singular
- pinché first-person preterite singular
- pinchado participle past
- pinchando gerund
- pinchada feminine participle past
- pinchados masculine participle past
- pinchadas feminine participle past
- pinchas indicative informal present
- pinchás indicative informal present
- pincha indicative present singular
- pinchamos first-person indicative plural
- pincháis indicative plural present
- pinchan indicative plural present
- pinchaba first-person imperfect indicative
- pinchabas imperfect indicative second-person
- pinchábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- pinchabais imperfect indicative plural
- pinchaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pinchar?
- /pinˈt͡ʃaɾ/
- [pĩnʲˈt͡ʃaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pinchar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pinchar in Spanish?
pinchar appears 1.4 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).