cacho

See also: Cacho and cachó

Galician

Etymology 1

Probably from a Vulgar Latin *cacclus, from *cacculus, from Latin caccabus (“pot”); compare Spanish cacho and Portuguese caco (“piece of pottery”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkat͡ʃo̝/

Noun

cacho m (plural cachos)

1. fragment, piece, portion, bit

   Synonyms: anaco, pedazo, porción, trisco

2. moment

   Synonyms: bocado, momento

3. hopscotch

   Synonyms: mariola, peletre

4. boiled potato

   Synonym: cachelo

Derived terms

• cacharro
• cachelo
• escachar
• escacho

Noun

cacho m (plural cachos)

1. bowl

   Synonym: cunca

2. holed bowl used for roasting chestnuts
3. shell of a crab
4. (figurative) head

Derived terms

• cacharro
• Cacharrón
• cachaza
• cacheira
• cachola
• escochar

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *caplum, from Late Latin capulum (“handle”), from Latin capiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkat͡ʃo̝/

Noun

cacho m (plural cachos)

1. bunch (of grapes)

   Synonym: acio

2. shoal (of fishes)

   Synonyms: cardume, manda

Derived terms

• ourizo cacho

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cacho”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “cacho” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *caplum, from Late Latin capulum, from Latin capiō. Doublet of cabo.

Noun

cacho m (plural s)

1. (collective) hand (bunch of bananas)
2. lock (length of hair)
3. (botany) raceme (an inflorescence in which the flowers are arranged along a single central axis)
4. (archaic) neck

Synonyms

• (lock): mecha
• (neck): pescoço

Derived terms

• estar de cacho

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Spanish

Etymology

Probably from a Vulgar Latin *cacclus, < *cacculus, from Latin caccabus (“pot”), see also Galician cacho (“broken container, broken piece of a container”) and Portuguese caco (“piece of pottery”).

Noun

cacho m (plural cachos)

1. piece
2. (Latin America) horn
3. (Chile, Peru, colloquial) shit, lemon, bomb (defective or inadequate or useless item or person)
4. (Chile, colloquial) annoying duty or work

Synonyms

• (piece): pedazo, trozo
• (horn): cuerno
• (shit): maula, rollo
• (annoying work): rollo

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: kachu

Verb

cacho

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of cachar.