marchar

∗ ≈

to march

∗ verb

marchar
intransitive verb
1 to walk (andar)
2 to leave, to go (partir)
3 to work (funcionar)
  • hay algo aquí que no marchar -> something's not quite right here
4 to progress (desarrollarse)
  • el negocio marcha -> business is going well
also:
  • ¡marchando! -> coming up! (en bar)
  • ¡marchando dos cafés con leche! -> two white coffees, coming up!
marcharse
pronomial verb
1 to leave, to go
  • se marchó de aquí cuando era muy pequeño -> he left here when he was very young

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marchar [mar-char’]
verb neuter & verb reflexive
1 To go, to go away, to go off, to depart from a place, to move (viajar). (n)
2 To march, to walk gravely. (n)
3 To march, in military form. (Military) (n)
4 To have much headway, to sail fast. (Nautical) (n)
5 (Mec.) To go; to run, to function, to work; to run (tren). (n)
  • El motor no marcha -> the engine isn't working
6 To go, to proceed. (n)
  • Todo marcha bien -> Everything is going well
7 To go away, to leave. (n)
  • Marcharse a otro sitio -> to go somewhere else

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marchar
verbo:intransitivo
1 (ir) to go; (andar) to walk
marcharon a pie they went on foot; marcharon hacia el pueblo they walked towards the village
2 (Mil) to march
3
¡marchando, que llegamos tarde! get a move on, we'll be late!; —¡un café! —¡marchando! "a coffee, please" — "right away, sir!"
4 [+mecanismo] to work
mi reloj no marcha my watch isn't working; el motor no marcha the engine isn't working; the engine won't work; el motor marcha mal the engine isn't running properly; marchar en vacío to idle
5 (desarrollarse) to go
todo marcha bien everything is going well; el proyecto marcha the plan is working (out); el negocio no marcha the business is getting nowhere; ¿cómo marcha eso marchan las cosas?o especialmente (Latinoamérica) how's it going?; how are things?
6 (Caribe) (S. Cone) [+caballo] to trot
7 (México) (familiar) to do military service
verbo:pronominal
marcharse to go (away); leave
¿os marcháis? are you leaving?; con permiso, me marcho if you don't mind I must go; es tarde, me marcho a casa it's late, I'm going home; me marché de casa a los veinte años I left home when I was twenty; ¿cuándo te marchas de vacaciones? when are you going on holiday?; se marchó de la capital he left the capital; marcharse a otro sitio to go somewhere else

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Verb Conjugation for "marchar"

Presente Pretérito Imperfect Futuro Subjuntivo
Yo marcho marché marchaba marcharé marche
Tú marchas marchaste marchabas marcharás marches
Ella/Él/Usted marcha marchó marchaba marchará marche
Nosotros marchamos marchamos marchábamos marcharemos marchemos
Vosotros marcháis marchasteis marchabais marcharéis marchéis
Ellos/Ustedes marchan marcharon marchaban marcharán marchen
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