cachucha

English

Etymology

From Spanish cachucha.

Noun

cachucha (plural cachuchas)

1. A dance, in triple time and related to the flamenco and fandango, from Andalusia
2. A kind of sweet pepper grown in the Caribbean.

French

Noun

cachucha f (plural cachuchas)

1. cachucha

Further reading

• “cachucha”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology

From cacho (“head; bowl”) +‎ -ucha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈt͡ʃut͡ʃa̝/

Noun

cachucha f (plural cachuchas)

1. (cooking) cured pork head, locally considered a delicacy

   Synonyms: cachaza, cacheira, cachola

2. cap

   Synonym: pucha

References

• “cachucha” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cachucha” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cachucha” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

From cachucho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈt͡ʃut͡ʃa/ [kaˈt͡ʃu.t͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -utʃa
• Syllabification: ca‧chu‧cha

Noun

cachucha f (plural cachuchas)

1. (dance) cachucha
2. (Latin America) hat, cap
3. (vulgar, Argentina) vulva; vagina

Descendants

• → Western Juxtlahuaca Mixtec: kachúcha

Further reading

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