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machucar

machucar

Portuguese

Verb

machucar (first-person singular present indicative machuco, past participle machucado)

  1. (transitive) to hurt (to cause physical pain)
  2. (transitive) to hurt (to cause emotional pain)

Conjugation

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Spanish

Etymology

From the verb machar (to grind), from macho (mallet), from Latin marculus (small hammer).

Verb

machucar (first-person singular present machuco, first-person singular preterite machuqué, past participle machucado)

  1. to squash, crush.
  2. to bruise.

Conjugation

  • c becomes qu before e.