cachar

to catch

cachar(kah-chahr)

transitive verb

1. (to surprise)

(Latin America)

a. to catch

Al parecer, Lucía cachó a su novio engañándola con su hermana gemela.

Apparently, Lucia caught her boyfriend cheating on her with her twin sister.

b. to catch in the act

El cajero cachó al ladrón rellenando su mochila con chocolates y galletas.

The cashier caught the thief in the act of stuffing his backpack with cookies and chocolate.

2. (to understand)

(Latin America)

a. to get it

Hay que girar la llave así para abrir la puerta, ¿cachas? - Ah, sí, ahora cacho.

You have to turn the key like this to open the door. Got it? - Oh, yeah, now I get it.

3. (to grab out of the air)

(Latin America)

a. to catch

El receptor cachó la pelota y corrió para la zona de anotación.

The receiver caught the ball and ran towards the end zone.

4. (to steal)

(Costa Rica)

(Honduras)

(Nicaragua)

a. to swipe

Mi primo cacha DVDs del videoclub y entonces me los graba.

My cousin swipes DVDs from the video store and then he burns them for me.

5. (to hit with the head) (Andes)

(Central America)

a. to gore

Llevaron al torero a la sala de emergencia después de que un toro lo cachó.

They took the bullfighter to the emergency room after a bull gored him.

6. (to tease) (Southern Cone)

a. to kid

Alex me dijo que salió con tu hermana en una cita. - Me estás cachando, ¿verdad?

Alex told me that he went out on a date with your sister. - You're kidding me, right?

7. (to break)

(Argentina)

a. to chip

Se me cayó el celular y la caída cachó la pantalla.

I dropped my phone and it chipped the screen.

b. to shatter

El temblor sacudió la casa y cachó toda la vajilla fina.

The earthquake shook the house and shattered all of the fine china.

c. to split (wood)

El leñador cachó el tronco del árbol con un sólo golpe.

The lumberjack split the trunk of the tree with a single chop.

8.

(colloquial)

(vulgar)

(to have sex with)

(Peru)

(Southern Cone)

a. to screw

Clara se puso furiosa cuando se enteró que su hermano estaba cachándole a su novia en su habitación.

Clara was furious when she found out that her brother was screwing his girlfriend in her room.

cachar

transitive verb

1. (burlarse de)

a. to tease

2. (cornear)

(Latin America)

a. to gore

3. (colloquial)

a. to grab

4. (colloquial)

(Latin America)

a. to catch

5. (colloquial) (Southern Cone)

a. to understand, to get

6. (colloquial)

(Central America)

a. to swipe, to pinch

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cachar

transitive verb

1 (And) (Centroamérica) (cornear) to butt; gore

2 (S. Cone) (ridiculizar) to make fun of; ridicule; (fastidiar) to annoy; irritate

3 (And) (S. Cone) (follar) to screw (vulgar)

4 (México) (registrar) to search

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

cachar

transitive verb

1 (S. Cone) [+bus etc] to catch

2 (Centroamérica) (obtener) to get; obtain; (Centroamérica) (S. Cone) (robar) to steal

3 (S. Cone) (México) [+delincuente] to surprise; catch in the act

4 (S. Cone) [+sentido etc] to penetrate; [+persona, razón] to understand

sí, te cacho sure; I get it (familiar)

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