mecha

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Anagrams 2 Spanish 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Synonyms 2.2.2 Related terms 2.2.3 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Reborrowed from Japanese メカ meka, itself an abbreviation of the English mechanical.

[edit] Noun

mecha (plural mecha)

1. (anime, manga) A large armoured robot on legs.
   • 2002, Christopher Hart, Anime mania: how to draw characters for Japanese animation

     A transformation occurs when a mecha character, vehicle, or weapon unfolds and reassembles itself in a totally new form.

   • 2006, Dani Cavallaro, The animé art of Hayao Miyazaki

     Porco Rosso evinces a deep fascination with mechanical objects of all sorts but it is by no means a mecha movie...

   • 2007, Frenchy Lunning, Mechademia 2: Networks of Desire

     Each week the good guys fight the bad guys and vanquish them in a mecha battle, only to have the bad guys reappear intact the following week.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of acehm
• mâche

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

Perhaps from French mèche.

[edit] Noun

mecha f. (plural mechas)

1. wick, fuse
2. lock (length of hair)

[edit] Synonyms

• (lock): bucle

[edit] Related terms

• mechero
• mechón

[edit] See also

• espoleta f.
• fusible m.