cachete

See also: cacheté

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: cachetent, cachetes

Verb

cachete

1. inflection of cacheter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish cacha

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tosder.?

Late Latin -ittus

Old French -et

Middle French -et

French -etbor.

Spanish -ete

Spanish cachete

From cacha + -ete.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈt͡ʃete/ [kaˈt͡ʃe.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: ca‧che‧te

Noun

cachete m (plural cachetes)

1. cheek

   Synonyms: mejilla, carrillo

2. buttock, butt-cheek

   Synonym: nalga

3. smack

   Synonym: sopapo

   • 1914, Emilia Pardo Bazán, Las Medias Rojas:

     Y con el cerrado puño hirió primero la cabeza, luego, el rostro, apartando las medrosas manecitas, de forma no alterada aún por el trabajo, con que se escudaba Ildara, trémula. El cachete más violento cayó sobre un ojo, y la rapaza vio como un cielo estrellado, miles de puntos brillantes envueltos en una radiación de intensos coloridos sobre un negro terciopeloso. Luego, el labrador aporreó la nariz, los carrillos.

     And with his fist clenched, first he hit her head, then her face, forcing apart her timid little hands, still unscathed from work, with which Ildara shielded herself, trembling. The most violent smack fell upon one of her eyes, and the girl saw what looked like a starry sky, thousands of shining points shrouded in a glow of intense colors over a velvety black. Then, the laborer pounded her nose, and her cheeks.

Derived terms

• cachetada
• cachetear
• cachetón

Further reading

• “cachete”, 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