cachón

Galician

Tidal mill known as Pozo do Cachón, Muros, Galicia

Etymology

From cachar + -ón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈt͡ʃoŋ/ [kɑˈt͡ʃoŋ]
• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: ca‧chón

Noun

cachón m (plural cachóns)

1. gush (of a liquid)
2. bubbling
3. waterfall

   Synonyms: fervenza, freixa

4. broken wave
5. flood
6. foam
7. boar in heat

Related terms

• cachoeira
• escachoar (“to boil”)
• ferver a cachón

References

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈt͡ʃon/ [kaˈt͡ʃõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ca‧chón

Noun

cachón m (plural cachones)

1. cuttlefish

   Synonyms: sepia, jibia, choco

Further reading

• “cachón”, 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
• “cachón”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010