cacha

• IPA^(key): /ˈkat͡ʃa/, [ˈka.t͡ɕa]

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

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cacha

1. third-person singular past historic of cacher

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkat͡ʃa̝/

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

   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]!"

   Synonym: nádega

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

From cacho (“head”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkat͡ʃa̝/

cacha f (plural cachas)

1. (colloquial) head

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

• “cachas” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “cacha” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “cacha” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cacha” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cacha” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

cacha

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

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

From Vulgar Latin *capla, contracted form of Late Latin capula, plural of capulum (“hilt”), from Latin capiō.

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
7. (Chile, colloquial) sexual intercourse

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

cacha

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

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

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

cacha

1. inflection of cachu:
   1. first-person singular future
   2. second-person singular imperative