cacho

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”).[1]

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

• “cacho” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “cacho” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cacho” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cacho” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cacho” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cacho” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “cacho I”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *caplum, from Late Latin capulum (“handle”), from Latin capiō. Doublet of cabo. Compare Spanish cacha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ʃu/

• Rhymes: -aʃu
• Hyphenation: ca‧cho

Noun

cacho m (plural cachos)

1. (collective) hand (bunch of bananas)
2. lock (length of hair)

   Synonym: mecha

3. (botany) raceme (an inflorescence in which the flowers are arranged along a single central axis)
4. (archaic) neck

   Synonym: pescoço

Derived terms

• estar de cacho

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkat͡ʃo/ [ˈka.t͡ʃo]
• Rhymes: -atʃo
• Syllabification: ca‧cho

Etymology 1

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

Noun

cacho m (plural cachos)

1. (colloquial) piece

   Synonyms: pedazo, trozo

2. (Latin America) horn

   Synonym: cuerno

3. (Chile, Peru, colloquial) shit, lemon, bomb (defective, inadequate or useless item or person)

   Synonyms: maula, rollo

4. (Chile, colloquial) annoying duty or work

   Synonym: rollo

Derived terms

• cacharro
• cachondo
• pillar cacho
• poner los cachos

 

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: kachu

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cacho

1. first-person singular present indicative of cachar

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

cacho m (plural cachos)

1. chub (fish)

Further reading

• “cacho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014