cachar

v.

1 to tease. (Central American Spanish, Ecuadoran Spanish, River Plate)

2 to gore. (Latin American Spanish)

3 to grab (informal). (Nicaraguan Spanish, River Plate)

4 to catch (informal). (Latin American Spanish)

5 to understand, to get (informal). (Southern Cone)

6 to swipe, to pinch (informal). (Central American Spanish)

7 to smash.

La tormenta cachó los botecitos The storm smashed the small boats.

8 to split.

El martillo cachó las nueces The hammer split the nuts.

9 to catch red-handed.

El guarda cachó a Ricardo robando The guard caught Richard red-handed stealing.

10 to steal, to grab illicitly, to seize illicitly, to snatch.

María cachó mi collar Mary stole my necklace.

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I

VT

1) And, CAm (=cornear) to butt, gore

2) Cono Sur (=ridiculizar) to make fun of, ridicule; (=fastidiar) to annoy, irritate

3) And, Cono Sur *** (=follar) to screw ***

4) Méx * (=registrar) to search

5) (=romper) to smash, break, break in pieces; [+ madera] to split; (Agr) to plough up

II

VT

1) Cono Sur [+ bus etc] to catch

2) CAm (=obtener) to get, obtain; CAm, Cono Sur (=robar) to steal

3) Cono Sur, Méx [+ delincuente] to surprise, catch in the act

4) Cono Sur [+ sentido etc] to penetrate; [+ persona, razón] to understand

sí, te cacho — sure, I get it *

5) And, CAm, Caribe (Dep) [+ pelota] to catch

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verbo transitivo

a) (AmL fam) <pelota> to catch; <persona>

la caché del brazo — I caught o grabbed her by the arm

b) (AmL fam) (sorprender, pillar) to catch

c) (RPl fam) (gastar una broma) to kid (colloq)

me estás cachando — you're kidding me

d) (Andes fam) (enterarse) to get (colloq)

no cachas ¿cierto? — you don't get it, do you?

e) (Chi fam) (mirar) to look at

cacha las piernas de esa mina! — look at those legs! (colloq)

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verbo transitivo

a) (AmL fam) <pelota> to catch; <persona>

la caché del brazo — I caught o grabbed her by the arm

b) (AmL fam) (sorprender, pillar) to catch

c) (RPl fam) (gastar una broma) to kid (colloq)

me estás cachando — you're kidding me

d) (Andes fam) (enterarse) to get (colloq)

no cachas ¿cierto? — you don't get it, do you?

e) (Chi fam) (mirar) to look at

cacha las piernas de esa mina! — look at those legs! (colloq)

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cachar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 (AmL fam) ‹pelota› to catch ‹persona›

la caché del brazo I caught o grabbed her by the arm

2 (AmL fam) (sorprender, pillar) to catch

el profesor me cachó copiando the teacher caught me copying

3 (RPl fam) (gastar una broma) to kid (colloq)

me estás cachando you're kidding me

4 (Andes fam) (enterarse) to get (colloq)

no cachas lo que está pasando ¿cierto? you don't get o understand what's going on, do you?

5 (Chi fam) (mirar) to look at

¡cacha las piernas de esa mina! look at those legs! (colloq), get a load of the legs on her! (BrE sl)

¡cachen, qué edificio más feo! hey look, what an ugly building!

B (Arg) ‹taza/plato› to chip

■ cachar

vi

(Chi, Per vulg) to screw (vulg)

■ cacharse

v pron

¡me cacho en diez! (euf); shoot! (AmE euph), sugar! (BrE euph)

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cachar (conjugate cachar) verbo transitivo

a) (AmL fam) ‹pelota› to catch;

‹persona›:

◊ la caché del brazo I caught o grabbed her by the arm

b) (AmL fam) (sorprender, pillar) to catch

c) (RPl fam) (gastar una broma) to kid (colloq)

d) (Andes fam) (enterarse) to get (colloq)

'cachar' also found in these entries:
English:
catch
- fuck

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cachar

♦ vt

1. CAm, Ecuad, RP [burlarse de] to tease;

lo cachan por el corte de pelo they're teasing him about his haircut

2. Am [cornear] to gore

3. Am [atrapar] to catch;

¡cachen a ese hombre, acaba de robarme la cartera! stop that man! he's stolen my wallet!

4. Nic, RP Fam [agarrar] to grab;

cachá una cerveza si tenés sed help yourself to a beer if you're thirsty

5. Am Fam [sorprender] to catch;

cacharon a Silvina besándose con su jefe Silvina was caught kissing her boss

6. CAm Fam [robar] to swipe, to pinch

7. CSur Fam [entender] to understand, to get;

no cacho nada de japonés I can't understand a word of Japanese

♦ See also the pronominal verb cacharse

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cachar

v/t

1 L.Am. (engañar) trick

2 L.Am. (sorprender) catch out

3

:

¿me cachas? Chi get it?

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cachar vt, fam : to catch