catchup

See also: catch-up and catch up

English

Etymology 1

See ketchup § Etymology.

Noun

catchup (countable and uncountable, plural catchups)

1. Alternative form of ketchup.

References

• “catchup”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
• “catchup”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Etymology 2

Deverbal from catch up.

Noun

catchup (countable and uncountable, plural catchups)

1. Alternative spelling of catch-up.

Portuguese

Sachês de catchup (ketchup sachets)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkɛt͡ʃˈʃu.pi/, /ˌkɛ.t͡ʃiˈʃu.pi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɛtˈʃɐ.pɨ/

Noun

catchup m (plural catchups)

1. (uncommon) alternative spelling of ketchup

Further reading

• “catchup”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

English catch updeverb.

English catchupubor.

Spanish catchup

Unadapted borrowing from English catchup.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkat͡ʃop/ [ˈka.t͡ʃop]
  • Rhymes: -atʃop
• IPA^(key): /ˈkat͡ʃap/ [ˈka.t͡ʃap]
  • Rhymes: -atʃap
• IPA^(key): /katˈt͡ʃup/ [kat̚ˈt͡ʃup]
  • Rhymes: -up
• Syllabification: cat‧chup

Noun

catchup m (plural catchups)

1. alternative form of ketchup

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

• Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “catchup”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA