apapachar

Reduplication of apachar from Classical Nahuatl pahpātzoā (“to bruise, mash, dint”), a reduplication of synonymous pātzoā (whence Spanish apachar).

• IPA^(key): /apapaˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [a.pa.paˈt͡ʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧pa‧pa‧char

apapachar (first-person singular present apapacho, first-person singular preterite apapaché, past participle apapachado)

1. (Mexico, Honduras) to cuddle

• “apapachar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014