ahechar

Inherited from Latin affectāre (“to pursue, to cling to, to seize”). Doublet of afectar and afeitar.

• IPA^(key): /aeˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [a.eˈt͡ʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧he‧char

ahechar (first-person singular present ahecho, first-person singular preterite aheché, past participle ahechado)

1. (transitive, agriculture) to winnow (to separate the heavier and lighter with a current of air)

• “ahechar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28