Used when an animal, typically a bull, strikes or injures someone with its horns. It is a common term in bullfighting contexts to indicate that the beast has gored or hooked a person (often used during bull-running festivals like the San Fermin).
Be careful during the bull run, the animal is coming in hot and if he manages to cachar you, he is going to leave a massive hole in you.
Commonly used to express that someone has understood an explanation or gotten the gist of something. It is also used to describe catching someone in the act of doing something wrong or secret.
Try to explain it to me again because I still do not cacho how that app works.
Cachar is an anglicism derived from the English word catch. It means to catch, grab, or snatch, used both for physical objects and for catching or busting someone in the act of doing something.
One day they are going to cachar you taking the newspaper. Juan, you have to learn how to cachar the ball if you want to play baseball (pelota usually refers to baseball in Puerto Rico).
To pull someone's leg, tease, or try to trick them with a joke to see their reaction. It is a very common expression used when someone feels they are being fooled or told something unbelievable.
Did you really win the trip in the raffle or are you cachando me?
To catch someone red-handed or surprise them doing something they were trying to hide. It is also commonly used to mean catching or grabbing an object that has been thrown.
Be careful with what you write on that little note, because if the teacher happens to Cachar you, she is going to send you straight to the office.
A vulgar slang term for having sexual intercourse: to fuck or to screw. (In Peru, this is a common obscenity, whereas in other regions like Chile it often means to catch or to understand).
- Yesterday I went to cachar with Vanesa. - I was cachando all night. - I already caché Rita.
In most Latin American countries, Cachar means to catch or nab someone, especially red-handed. It is derived from the English word catch and became popular through baseball (though it is notably used with this same meaning in countries like Argentina where baseball is not a major sport).
They cacharon him taking the money, they cacharon her at a party with another man.