cacha

See also: cachá

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkat͡ʃa/, [ˈka.t͡ɕa]

Noun

cacha f (plural caches)

1. a small and thin flagstone
2. the handle of a knife or spoon
3. buttock
4. a piece of cloth used to wrap newborns
5. the tip of a pencil
6. a walking stick or crutch
7. a piece of bread
8. a piece of potato sown to sprout a new plant
9. the eye of a needle

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French

Pronunciation

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Verb

cacha

1. third-person singular past historic of cacher

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Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese cachas (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *cappla, contracted form of *cappula, from the plural of capulum (“hilt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkat͡ʃa̝/

Noun

cacha f (plural cachas)

1. (usually in the plural) scale (side plate of the handle of a knife)
2. (colloquial, usually in the plural) buttock

   Antes os pais dicían ós fillos: "se te portas mal vas levar nas cachas!"

   In the past the parents used to say to their children: "if you misbehave you'll be spanked [on your buttocks]!"

   Synonym: nádega

3. (rare) gutter
4. (rare) scale (of a pine cone)

Etymology 2

From cacho (“head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkat͡ʃa̝/

Noun

cacha f (plural cachas)

1. (colloquial) head

Derived terms

• cacha pelada
• cachapudo
• cachaza
• cacheira
• cachola
• cachucha

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cachas”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cacha”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cacha”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cacha”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cacha”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Verb

cacha

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Spanish

La cacha de un rifle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkat͡ʃa/ [ˈka.t͡ʃa]

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *capla, contracted form of Late Latin capula, plural of capulum (“hilt”), from Latin capiō.

Noun

cacha f (plural cachas)

1. (often in the plural) piece of the handle of a knife
2. (often in the plural, firearms) stock, buttstock, butt (the part of a rifle or shotgun that rests against the shoulder)
3. (Spain, colloquial) buttock
4. (Spain, colloquial) cheek
5. (Peru, colloquial) mockery
6. (Spain, colloquial) leg
7. (Chile, colloquial) sexual intercourse

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cacha

1. inflection of cachar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaχa/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkaːχa/, /ˈkaχa/

Verb

cacha

1. inflection of cachu:
   1. first-person singular future
   2. second-person singular imperative

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cacha	gacha	nghacha	chacha
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.