pinchar

Caló

Alternative forms

• pinchardar

Verb

pinchar

1. to recognize, to know (someone)

Galician

Etymology

Unknown.^[1] Perhaps a metathesis of the synonym chimpar, itself hypothetically from an earlier *plimpar, onomatopoeic. Compare Irish plimp (“sudden fall”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pinˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [pinʲˈt͡ʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: pin‧char

Verb

pinchar (first-person singular present pincho, first-person singular preterite pinchei, past participle pinchado)

1. to take down

   Synonyms: abater, deitar, tirar

   • 1750, anonymous author, Galanteo de mozo e moza:

     Agora si, que cai ben
     aquel conto do Boy manso,
     que nunha corrida de Touros,
     se ò pican, â ollos cerrados
     â hùs lles fura os calzòs,
     outros os pincha rodando,
     este quero, aquel non quero,
     esparcendolle os fargallos,
     hasta que queda à Praza
     espoada âô seu mandado:

     Now it sits well
     that tale of the docile ox,
     that in a bullfight
     if they sting him, as with closed eyes,
     he bore the pants of some,
     others he takes down rolling,
     this one I want, that I don't,
     scattering their rags,
     till the plaza is left
     sieved [dusted?] at his command

2. to cut down a tree
3. to throw down
4. to cause to jump
5. (transitive) to jump over; to overleap
6. (intransitive) to jump

   Synonyms: brincar, chimpar, choutar, saltar

7. to shove

Conjugation

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	pinchar
Personal	pinchar	pinchares	pinchar	pincharmos	pinchardes	pincharen
Gerund
	pinchando
Past participle
Masculine	pinchado			pinchados
Feminine	pinchada			pinchadas
Indicative
Present	pincho	pinchas	pincha	pinchamos	pinchades	pinchan
Imperfect	pinchaba	pinchabas	pinchaba	pinchabamos	pinchabades	pinchaban
Preterite	pinchei	pinchaches	pinchou	pinchamos	pinchastes	pincharon
Pluperfect	pinchara	pincharas	pinchara	pincharamos	pincharades	pincharan
Future	pincharei	pincharás	pinchará	pincharemos	pincharedes	pincharán
Conditional	pincharía	pincharías	pincharía	pinchariamos	pinchariades	pincharían
Subjunctive
Present	pinche	pinches	pinche	pinchemos	pinchedes	pinchen
Imperfect	pinchase	pinchases	pinchase	pinchásemos	pinchásedes	pinchasen
Future	pinchar	pinchares	pinchar	pincharmos	pinchardes	pincharen
Imperative
Affirmative		pincha	pinche	pinchemos	pinchade	pinchen
Negative (non)		non pinches	non pinche	non pinchemos	non pinchedes	non pinchen

    Conjugation of pinchar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	pinchar
Personal	pinchar	pinchares	pinchar	pincharmos	pinchardes	pincharem
Gerund
	pinchando
Past participle
Masculine	pinchado			pinchados
Feminine	pinchada			pinchadas
Indicative
Present	pincho	pinchas	pincha	pinchamos	pinchades, pinchais	pincham
Imperfect	pinchava	pinchavas	pinchava	pinchávamos	pinchávades, pincháveis, pinchávais1	pinchavam
Preterite	pinchei	pinchaste, pinchache1	pinchou	pinchamos	pinchastes	pinchárom, pincharam
Pluperfect	pinchara	pincharas	pinchara	pincháramos	pinchárades, pincháreis, pinchárais1	pincharam
Future	pincharei	pincharás	pinchará	pincharemos	pincharedes, pinchareis	pincharám, pincharão
Conditional	pincharia	pincharias	pincharia	pincharíamos	pincharíades, pincharíeis, pincharíais1	pinchariam
Subjunctive
Present	pinche	pinches	pinche	pinchemos	pinchedes, pincheis	pinchem
Imperfect	pinchasse	pinchasses	pinchasse	pinchássemos	pinchássedes, pinchásseis	pinchassem
Future	pinchar	pinchares	pinchar	pincharmos	pinchardes	pincharem
Imperative
Affirmative		pincha	pinche	pinchemos	pinchade, pinchai	pinchem
Negative (nom)		nom pinches	nom pinche	nom pinchemos	nom pinchedes, nom pincheis	nom pinchem

    Reintegrated conjugation of pinchar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• pinchacarneiro
• pinchagato
• pincheira
• pincheiro
• pincho
• pinchón

Related terms

• chimpar

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pinchar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “pinchar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pinchar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “pinchar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pinchar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

1. Cf. Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “pinchar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Gredos

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pĩˈʃaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pĩˈʃaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pĩˈt͡ʃaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pĩˈʃa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: pin‧char

Verb

pinchar (first-person singular present pincho, first-person singular preterite pinchei, past participle pinchado)

1. to jump

Conjugation

	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	pinchar
Personal	pinchar	pinchares	pinchar	pincharmos	pinchardes	pincharem
Gerund
	pinchando
Past participle
Masculine	pinchado			pinchados
Feminine	pinchada			pinchadas
Indicative
Present	pincho	pinchas	pincha	pinchamos	pinchais	pincham
Imperfect	pinchava	pinchavas	pinchava	pinchávamos	pincháveis	pinchavam
Preterite	pinchei	pinchaste	pinchou	pinchamos1, pinchámos2	pinchastes	pincharam
Pluperfect	pinchara	pincharas	pinchara	pincháramos	pincháreis	pincharam
Future	pincharei	pincharás	pinchará	pincharemos	pinchareis	pincharão
Conditional	pincharia	pincharias	pincharia	pincharíamos	pincharíeis	pinchariam
Subjunctive
Present	pinche	pinches	pinche	pinchemos	pincheis	pinchem
Imperfect	pinchasse	pinchasses	pinchasse	pinchássemos	pinchásseis	pinchassem
Future	pinchar	pinchares	pinchar	pincharmos	pinchardes	pincharem
Imperative
Affirmative		pincha	pinche	pinchemos	pinchai	pinchem
Negative (não)		não pinches	não pinche	não pinchemos	não pincheis	não pinchem

    Conjugation of pinchar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

Most likely from a crossing of punchar (itself a variant of punzar, from Vulgar Latin *punctiāre, from Latin punctus), and picar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pinˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [pĩnʲˈt͡ʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pin‧char

Verb

pinchar (first-person singular present pincho, first-person singular preterite pinché, past participle pinchado)

1. to puncture, prick, pierce
2. to poke
3. (animals, needle) to sting
4. (graphical user interface) to click

   Synonyms: hacer clic, cliquear

5. (colloquial) to flirt

   Synonym: ligar

6. (colloquial) to get flirted
7. (music) to deejay, DJ
8. (telephony) to tap someone's phone (call up by telephone and suspend before a conversation is initiated in order to make the receiver call back)
9. (telephony, colloquial) putting some tool for hearing in secret private conversation by phone; eavesdropping
10. (intransitive, colloquial) to slip up (fail)
11. (colloquial) to fuck

    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:joder

12. (colloquial) to wind up, pester
13. (reflexive) to shoot up (to inject drugs intravenously)
    • 2017 July, “Crean dispositivo para medir glucosa a través de saliva”, in Frontera.info‎:

      Cerca de 422 millones de adultos padecen diabetes, y para medir sus niveles de azúcar pasan por una situación incómoda todos los días: deben pincharse el dedo para medir sus niveles de azúcar.

      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

infinitive			pinchar
gerund			pinchando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pinchado		pinchada
		plural		pinchados		pinchadas
		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	pincho	pinchastú pinchásvos	pincha	pinchamos	pincháis	pinchan
	imperfect	pinchaba	pinchabas	pinchaba	pinchábamos	pinchabais	pinchaban
	preterite	pinché	pinchaste	pinchó	pinchamos	pinchasteis	pincharon
	future	pincharé	pincharás	pinchará	pincharemos	pincharéis	pincharán
	conditional	pincharía	pincharías	pincharía	pincharíamos	pincharíais	pincharían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pinche	pinchestú pinchésvos2	pinche	pinchemos	pinchéis	pinchen
	imperfect (ra)	pinchara	pincharas	pinchara	pincháramos	pincharais	pincharan
	imperfect (se)	pinchase	pinchases	pinchase	pinchásemos	pinchaseis	pinchasen
	future1	pinchare	pinchares	pinchare	pincháremos	pinchareis	pincharen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		pinchatú pinchávos	pinche	pinchemos	pinchad	pinchen
	negative		no pinches	no pinche	no pinchemos	no pinchéis	no pinchen

    Conjugation of pinchar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

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

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive pinchar
	dative	pincharme	pincharte	pincharle, pincharse	pincharnos	pincharos	pincharles, pincharse
	accusative	pincharme	pincharte	pincharlo, pincharla, pincharse	pincharnos	pincharos	pincharlos, pincharlas, pincharse
with gerund pinchando
	dative	pinchándome	pinchándote	pinchándole, pinchándose	pinchándonos	pinchándoos	pinchándoles, pinchándose
	accusative	pinchándome	pinchándote	pinchándolo, pinchándola, pinchándose	pinchándonos	pinchándoos	pinchándolos, pinchándolas, pinchándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative pincha
	dative	pínchame	pínchate	pínchale	pínchanos	not used	pínchales
	accusative	pínchame	pínchate	pínchalo, pínchala	pínchanos	not used	pínchalos, pínchalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative pinchá
	dative	pinchame	pinchate	pinchale	pinchanos	not used	pinchales
	accusative	pinchame	pinchate	pinchalo, pinchala	pinchanos	not used	pinchalos, pinchalas
with formal second-person singular imperative pinche
	dative	píncheme	not used	pínchele, pínchese	pínchenos	not used	píncheles
	accusative	píncheme	not used	pínchelo, pínchela, pínchese	pínchenos	not used	pínchelos, pínchelas
with first-person plural imperative pinchemos
	dative	not used	pinchémoste	pinchémosle	pinchémonos	pinchémoos	pinchémosles
	accusative	not used	pinchémoste	pinchémoslo, pinchémosla	pinchémonos	pinchémoos	pinchémoslos, pinchémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative pinchad
	dative	pinchadme	not used	pinchadle	pinchadnos	pinchaos	pinchadles
	accusative	pinchadme	not used	pinchadlo, pinchadla	pinchadnos	pinchaos	pinchadlos, pinchadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative pinchen
	dative	pínchenme	not used	pínchenle	pínchennos	not used	pínchenles, pínchense
	accusative	pínchenme	not used	pínchenlo, pínchenla	pínchennos	not used	pínchenlos, pínchenlas, pínchense

    Selected combined forms of pinchar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

Derived terms

• carne pinchada
• mierda pinchada en un palo
• pinchadiscos
• pinchadura
• pinchar en hueso
• pinchazo
• pinche
• pincho

 

Further reading

• “pinchar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014