cacha

See also: cachá and các hạ

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

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

cacha

1. third-person singular past historic of cacher

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkat͡ʃa/ [ˈkɑ.t͡ʃɐ]
• Rhymes: -atʃa
• Hyphenation: ca‧cha

Etymology 1

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

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

   Synonym: nádega

   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]!"

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

Etymology 2

From cacho (“head”).

Noun

cacha f (plural cachas)

1. (colloquial) head

Derived terms

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

 

Etymology 3

Verb

cacha

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

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

Portuguese

Verb

cacha

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

Spanish

La cacha de un rifle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkat͡ʃa/ [ˈka.t͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -atʃa
• Syllabification: ca‧cha

Etymology 1

Inherited 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, thigh
7. (Chile, colloquial) sexual intercourse

Derived terms

• hasta la cacha
• hasta las cachas

 

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkaχa/
• (South Wales) 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.