tachar
التعريفات والمعاني
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French tacher (“to stain”).
=== Pronunciation ===
Homophone: taxar
Hyphenation: ta‧char
=== Verb ===
tachar (first-person singular present tacho, first-person singular preterite tachei, past participle tachado) (transitive)
to qualify, to label, to brand (to ascribe a negative quality to) [with de ‘as’]
Synonyms: qualificar, timbrar
to criticise (to find fault in)
Synonym: criticar
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=== Further reading ===
“tachar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“tachar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
“tachar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From tacha (“fault, blemish”) + -ar. Compare Portuguese tachar.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /taˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [t̪aˈt͡ʃaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: ta‧char
=== Verb ===
tachar (first-person singular present tacho, first-person singular preterite taché, past participle tachado) (transitive)
to cross out
Synonym: borrar
to omit, leave out
to qualify, to label, to brand (to ascribe a negative quality to) [with de ‘as’]
==== Conjugation ====
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=== Further reading ===
“tachar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025