parchar

Spanish

Alternative forms

• parchear

Etymology

From parche ‎ -ar, from Old French parche (“leather, sheepskin”), from Latin Parthĭca (pellis) (literally “leather of Parthia”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [paɾˈt͡ʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: par‧char

Verb

parchar (first-person singular present parcho, first-person singular preterite parché, past participle parchado)

1. (transitive) to patch

   Synonym: emparchar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of parchar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			parchar
gerund			parchando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		parchado		parchada
		plural		parchados		parchadas
		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	parcho	parchastú parchásvos	parcha	parchamos	parcháis	parchan
	imperfect	parchaba	parchabas	parchaba	parchábamos	parchabais	parchaban
	preterite	parché	parchaste	parchó	parchamos	parchasteis	parcharon
	future	parcharé	parcharás	parchará	parcharemos	parcharéis	parcharán
	conditional	parcharía	parcharías	parcharía	parcharíamos	parcharíais	parcharían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	parche	parchestú parchésvos2	parche	parchemos	parchéis	parchen
	imperfect (ra)	parchara	parcharas	parchara	parcháramos	parcharais	parcharan
	imperfect (se)	parchase	parchases	parchase	parchásemos	parchaseis	parchasen
	future1	parchare	parchares	parchare	parcháremos	parchareis	parcharen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		parchatú parchávos	parche	parchemos	parchad	parchen
	negative		no parches	no parche	no parchemos	no parchéis	no parchen

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

Further reading

• “parchar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28