pechar

v.

1 to scrounge, to bum (informal) (pedir). (Southern Cone)

2 to push, to shove. (Andean Spanish (Bolivia, Chilean Spanish , Colombia, Ecuador, Peru), River Plate)

3 to pay as a tax.

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1. VT

1) LAm (=empujar) to push, shove

2) Cono Sur (=pedir dinero a) to tap *, touch for

3) Cono Sur (=atrapar) to collar *, grab

2.

VI

pechar con > — [gen] to put up with; [+ cometido] to shoulder, take on; [+ problema] to face up to

II

VT, VI to pay (as a tax)

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1.

verbo transitivo (CS fam) (pedir) to scrounge, to cadge (colloq)

2.

pechar vi (fam) (esforzarse mucho)

pechar (por + inf) — to work one's butt off (AmE) o (BrE) to slog one's guts out (to + inf) (colloq)

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1.

verbo transitivo (CS fam) (pedir) to scrounge, to cadge (colloq)

2.

pechar vi (fam) (esforzarse mucho)

pechar (por + inf) — to work one's butt off (AmE) o (BrE) to slog one's guts out (to + inf) (colloq)

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pechar [A1 ]

vt

A (AmL fam) (empujar) to shove, jostle

B

1 (CS fam) ‹persona› to scrounge money off (colloq)

2 (CS fam) ‹cigarrillos/dinero› to scrounge, to cadge (colloq), to bum (AmE colloq)

■ pechar

vi

(fam) (esforzarse mucho) to work one's butt off (AmE colloq), to slog one's guts out (BrE colloq) pechar POR algo:

ha pechado mucho por superarse he's worked hard to improve himself

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pechar

♦ vt

1. Andes, RP [empujar] to push, to shove

2. CSur Fam [pedir] to scrounge, to bum;

se la pasa pechándole cigarrillos a todo el mundo he's always bumming cigarettes off people

♦ vi

pechar con to bear, to shoulder

♦ See also the pronominal verb pecharse