marchar

Asturian

Verb

marchar (first-person singular indicative present marcho, past participle marcháu)

1. (transitive) leave (to depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with)
2. to leave (to depart)
3. to work (function)
4. to march

Conjugation

Conjugation of marchar

infinitive		marchar
gerund		marchando
past participle		m marcháu, f marchada, n marchao, m pl marchaos, f pl marchaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	marcho	marches	marcha	marchamos	marcháis	marchen
	imperfect	marchaba	marchabes	marchaba	marchábemos, marchábamos	marchabeis, marchabais	marchaben
	preterite	marché	marchasti, marchesti	marchó	marchemos	marchastis, marchestis	marcharon
	pluperfect	marchare, marchara	marchares, marcharas	marchare, marchara	marcháremos, marcháramos	marchareis, marcharais	marcharen, marcharan
	future	marcharé	marcharás	marchará	marcharemos	marcharéis	marcharán
	conditional	marcharía	marcharíes	marcharía	marcharíemos, marcharíamos	marcharíeis, marcharíais	marcharíen
subjunctive	present	marche	marches, marchas	marche	marchemos	marchéis	marchen, marchan
	imperfect	marchare, marchara	marchares, marcharas	marchare, marchara	marcháremos, marcháramos	marchareis, marcharais	marcharen, marcharan
imperative		—	marcha	—	—	marchái	—

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *marką

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *markōną

Frankish *markōnbor.

Old French marchier

Middle French marcher

French marcherbor.

Galician marchar

Borrowed from French marcher.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɾˈt͡ʃaɾ/

Verb

marchar (first-person singular present marcho, first-person singular preterite marchei, past participle marchado)

1. (intransitive) to leave, depart

   Marcho que teño que marchar. ― I'm leaving, because I have to go. (popular meme)

   • 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña‎^[1]:

     Epois vanse prevenindo, / e poñamonos enjerga, / para marchar a Madril / antes co imberno veña.

     So let's get ready / and stand up / for departing to Madrid / before the winter comes

2. (euphemistic, intransitive) to end; to pass away
3. (intransitive) to march

Conjugation

    Conjugation of marchar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	marchar
Personal	marchar	marchares	marchar	marcharmos	marchardes	marcharen
Gerund
	marchando
Past participle
Masculine	marchado			marchados
Feminine	marchada			marchadas
Indicative
Present	marcho	marchas	marcha	marchamos	marchades	marchan
Imperfect	marchaba	marchabas	marchaba	marchabamos	marchabades	marchaban
Preterite	marchei	marchaches	marchou	marchamos	marchastes	marcharon
Pluperfect	marchara	marcharas	marchara	marcharamos	marcharades	marcharan
Future	marcharei	marcharás	marchará	marcharemos	marcharedes	marcharán
Conditional	marcharía	marcharías	marcharía	marchariamos	marchariades	marcharían
Subjunctive
Present	marche	marches	marche	marchemos	marchedes	marchen
Imperfect	marchase	marchases	marchase	marchásemos	marchásedes	marchasen
Future	marchar	marchares	marchar	marcharmos	marchardes	marcharen
Imperative
Affirmative		marcha	marche	marchemos	marchade	marchen
Negative (non)		non marches	non marche	non marchemos	non marchedes	non marchen

    Reintegrated conjugation of marchar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	marchar
Personal	marchar	marchares	marchar	marcharmos	marchardes	marcharem
Gerund
	marchando
Past participle
Masculine	marchado			marchados
Feminine	marchada			marchadas
Indicative
Present	marcho	marchas	marcha	marchamos	marchades, marchais	marcham
Imperfect	marchava	marchavas	marchava	marchávamos	marchávades, marcháveis, marchávais1	marchavam
Preterite	marchei	marchaste, marchache1	marchou	marchamos	marchastes	marchárom, marcharam
Pluperfect	marchara	marcharas	marchara	marcháramos	marchárades, marcháreis, marchárais1	marcharam
Future	marcharei	marcharás	marchará	marcharemos	marcharedes, marchareis	marcharám, marcharão
Conditional	marcharia	marcharias	marcharia	marcharíamos	marcharíades, marcharíeis, marcharíais1	marchariam
Subjunctive
Present	marche	marches	marche	marchemos	marchedes, marcheis	marchem
Imperfect	marchasse	marchasses	marchasse	marchássemos	marchássedes, marchásseis	marchassem
Future	marchar	marchares	marchar	marcharmos	marchardes	marcharem
Imperative
Affirmative		marcha	marche	marchemos	marchade, marchai	marchem
Negative (nom)		nom marches	nom marche	nom marchemos	nom marchedes, nom marcheis	nom marchem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• marchar cantando

Related terms

• marcha

References

• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “marchar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “marchar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “marchar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “marchar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “marchar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English march, French marcher, German marschieren, Italian marciare, Spanish marchar. Compare Esperanto marŝi, from French.

Verb

marchar (present tense marchas, past tense marchis, future tense marchos, imperative marchez, conditional marchus)

1. (intransitive) to walk, step, tread; to march

Conjugation

Conjugation of marchar

		present		past		future
infinitive		marchar		marchir		marchor
tense		marchas		marchis		marchos
conditional		marchus		—		—
imperative		marchez		—		—
adjective active participle		marchanta		marchinta		marchonta
adverbial active participle		marchante		marchinte		marchonte
nominal active participle	singular	marchanto		marchinto		marchonto
	plural	marchanti		marchinti		marchonti

Derived terms

• marchetar (“to trip along”)

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from French marcher.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Verb

marchar

1. to march

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		marchar			aver marchat
gerund		marchant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		marchat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	marchi	marchas	marcha	marcham	marchatz	marchan
	imperfect	marchavi	marchavas	marchava	marchàvem	marchàvetz	marchavan
	preterite	marchèri	marchères	marchèt	marchèrem	marchèretz	marchèron
	future	marcharai	marcharàs	marcharà	marcharem	marcharetz	marcharàn
	conditional	marchariái	marchariás	marchariá	marchariam	marchariatz	marcharián
	conditional 2nd form1	marchèra	marchèras	marchèra	marcheram	marcheratz	marchèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	marche	marches	marche	marchem	marchetz	marchen
	imperfect	marchèssi	marchèsses	marchèsse	marchèssem	marchèssetz	marchèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			marcha		marchem	marchatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		marchar			aver marchat
gerund		marchant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		marchat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	marche	marches	marcha	marcham	marchatz	marchon
	imperfect	marchave	marchaves	marchava	marchaviam	marchaviatz	marchavon
	preterite	marchere	marcheres	marchet	marchem	marchetz	marcheron
	future	marcharai	marcharàs	marchará	marcharem	marcharetz	marcharán
	conditional	marchariá	marchariás	marchariá	marchariam	marchariatz	marcharián
	conditional 2nd form1	marchèra	marchèras	marchèra	marcheram	marcheratz	marchèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	marche	marches	marche	marchassiam	marchassiatz	marchon
	imperfect	marchesse	marchesses	marchesse	marchessiam	marchessiatz	marchesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			marcha		marchassiam	marchatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		marchar			aver marchat
gerund		marchant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		marchat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	marchi	marchas	marcha	marcham	marchatz	marchan
	imperfect	marchavi	marchavas	marchava	marchàvam	marchàvatz	marchavan
	preterite	marchèi	marchès	marchè	marchèm	marchètz	marchèn
	future	marcharèi	marcharàs	marcharà	marcharam	marcharatz	marcharàn
	conditional	marcharí	marcharés	marcharé	marcharem	marcharetz	marcharén
	conditional 2nd form1	marchèra	marchèras	marchèra	marcheram	marcheratz	marchèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	marchi	marches	marche	marchem	marchetz	marchen
	imperfect	marchèssi	marchèsses	marchèsse	marchèssem	marchèssetz	marchèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			marcha		marchem	marchatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		marchar			aver marchat
gerund		marchant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		marchat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	marche	marchas	marcha	marcham	marchatz	marchan
	imperfect	marchava	marchavas	marchava	marchàvam	marchàvatz	marchavan
	preterite	marchei	marcheras	marchet	marchèram	marchèratz	marcheran
	future	marcharai	marcharàs	marchará	marcharem	marcharetz	marcharán
	conditional	marchariá	marchariàs	marchariá	marchariam	marchariatz	marcharián
	conditional 2nd form1	marchèra	marchèras	marchèra	marcheram	marcheratz	marchèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	marche	marches	marche	marchem	marchetz	marchen
	imperfect	marchèsse	marchèsses	marchèsse	marchèssem	marchèssetz	marchèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			marcha		marchem	marchatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		marchar			aver marchat
gerund		marchant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		marchat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	marche	marches	marcha	marcham	marchatz	marchan
	imperfect	marchavi	marchavas	marchava	marchàvem	marchàvetz	marchavan
	preterite	marchère	marchères	marchèt	marcheriam	marcheriatz	marchèron
	future	marcharai	marcharàs	marcharà	marcharem	marcharetz	marcharàn
	conditional	marchariáu	marchariás	marchariá	marchariam	marchariatz	marcharián
	conditional 2nd form1	marchèra	marchèras	marchèra	marcheram	marcheratz	marchèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	marche	marches	marche	marchem	marchetz	marchan
	imperfect	marchèsse	marchèsses	marchèsse	marchessiam	marchessiatz	marchèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			marcha		marchem	marchatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *marką

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *markōną

Frankish *markōnbor.

Old French marchier

Middle French marcher

French marcherbor.

Portuguese marchar

Borrowed from French marcher.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maʁˈʃa(ʁ)/ [mahˈʃa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maʁˈʃa(ʁ)/ [mahˈʃa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /maɾˈʃa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /maʁˈʃa(ʁ)/ [maχˈʃa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /maɻˈʃa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐɾˈʃaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐɾˈʃaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐɾtˈʃaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐɾˈʃa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: mar‧char

Verb

marchar (first-person singular present marcho, first-person singular preterite marchei, past participle marchado)

1. to march

Conjugation

    Conjugation of marchar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	marchar
Personal	marchar	marchares	marchar	marcharmos	marchardes	marcharem
Gerund
	marchando
Past participle
Masculine	marchado			marchados
Feminine	marchada			marchadas
Indicative
Present	marcho	marchas	marcha	marchamos	marchais	marcham
Imperfect	marchava	marchavas	marchava	marchávamos	marcháveis	marchavam
Preterite	marchei	marchaste	marchou	marchamos1, marchámos2	marchastes	marcharam
Pluperfect	marchara	marcharas	marchara	marcháramos	marcháreis	marcharam
Future	marcharei	marcharás	marchará	marcharemos	marchareis	marcharão
Conditional	marcharia	marcharias	marcharia	marcharíamos	marcharíeis	marchariam
Subjunctive
Present	marche	marches	marche	marchemos	marcheis	marchem
Imperfect	marchasse	marchasses	marchasse	marchássemos	marchásseis	marchassem
Future	marchar	marchares	marchar	marcharmos	marchardes	marcharem
Imperative
Affirmative		marcha	marche	marchemos	marchai	marchem
Negative (não)		não marches	não marche	não marchemos	não marcheis	não marchem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:marchar.

Related terms

• marcha

Further reading

• “marchar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “marchar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *marką

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *markōną

Frankish *markōnbor.

Old French marchier

Middle French marcher

French marcherbor.

Spanish marchar

Borrowed from French marcher. Compare Catalan marxar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɾˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [maɾˈt͡ʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: mar‧char

Verb

marchar (first-person singular present marcho, first-person singular preterite marché, past participle marchado)

1. (intransitive) to go, travel

   Synonyms: andar, ir

2. (intransitive) to march
3. (intransitive) to function, work, run

   Synonyms: funcionar, andar

4. (intransitive or reflexive) to leave

   Synonyms: irse, andarse, partir

   • 1987, Luis Miguel, “Ahora Te Puedes Marchar”:

     Me juras que has cambiado y piensas en volver / Si no supiste amar / Ahora te puedes marchar

     You swear to me you've changed and think of coming back / Since you couldn't love / You may now leave

Conjugation

    Conjugation of marchar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			marchar
gerund			marchando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		marchado		marchada
		plural		marchados		marchadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	marcho	marchastú marchásvos	marcha	marchamos	marcháis	marchan
	imperfect	marchaba	marchabas	marchaba	marchábamos	marchabais	marchaban
	preterite	marché	marchaste	marchó	marchamos	marchasteis	marcharon
	future	marcharé	marcharás	marchará	marcharemos	marcharéis	marcharán
	conditional	marcharía	marcharías	marcharía	marcharíamos	marcharíais	marcharían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	marche	marchestú marchésvos2	marche	marchemos	marchéis	marchen
	imperfect (ra)	marchara	marcharas	marchara	marcháramos	marcharais	marcharan
	imperfect (se)	marchase	marchases	marchase	marchásemos	marchaseis	marchasen
	future1	marchare	marchares	marchare	marcháremos	marchareis	marcharen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		marchatú marchávos	marche	marchemos	marchad	marchen
	negative		no marches	no marche	no marchemos	no marchéis	no marchen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of marchar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive marchar	dative	marcharme	marcharte	marcharle, marcharse	marcharnos	marcharos	marcharles, marcharse
	accusative	marcharme	marcharte	marcharlo, marcharla, marcharse	marcharnos	marcharos	marcharlos, marcharlas, marcharse
with gerund marchando	dative	marchándome	marchándote	marchándole, marchándose	marchándonos	marchándoos	marchándoles, marchándose
	accusative	marchándome	marchándote	marchándolo, marchándola, marchándose	marchándonos	marchándoos	marchándolos, marchándolas, marchándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative marcha	dative	márchame	márchate	márchale	márchanos	not used	márchales
	accusative	márchame	márchate	márchalo, márchala	márchanos	not used	márchalos, márchalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative marchá	dative	marchame	marchate	marchale	marchanos	not used	marchales
	accusative	marchame	marchate	marchalo, marchala	marchanos	not used	marchalos, marchalas
with formal second-person singular imperative marche	dative	márcheme	not used	márchele, márchese	márchenos	not used	márcheles
	accusative	márcheme	not used	márchelo, márchela, márchese	márchenos	not used	márchelos, márchelas
with first-person plural imperative marchemos	dative	not used	marchémoste	marchémosle	marchémonos	marchémoos	marchémosles
	accusative	not used	marchémoste	marchémoslo, marchémosla	marchémonos	marchémoos	marchémoslos, marchémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative marchad	dative	marchadme	not used	marchadle	marchadnos	marchaos	marchadles
	accusative	marchadme	not used	marchadlo, marchadla	marchadnos	marchaos	marchadlos, marchadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative marchen	dative	márchenme	not used	márchenle	márchennos	not used	márchenles, márchense
	accusative	márchenme	not used	márchenlo, márchenla	márchennos	not used	márchenlos, márchenlas, márchense

Related terms

• marcha
• marchador
• marcharse
• marchoso

Further reading

• “marchar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025