cacho

== English == === Noun === cacho (uncountable) Obsolete form of catechu. == Galician == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkat͡ʃo/ [ˈkɑ.t͡ʃʊ] Rhymes: -atʃo Hyphenation: ca‧cho === Etymology 1 === Probably from a Vulgar Latin *cacclus, from *cacculus, from Latin caccabus (“pot”); compare Spanish cacho and Portuguese caco (“piece of pottery”). ==== Noun ==== cacho m (plural cachos) fragment, piece, portion, bit Synonyms: anaco, pedazo, porción, trisco moment Synonyms: bocado, momento hopscotch Synonyms: mariola, peletre boiled potato Synonym: cachelo bowl Synonym: cunca holed bowl used for roasting chestnuts shell of a crab (figurative) head ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Vulgar Latin *caplum, from Late Latin capulum (“handle”), from Latin capiō. ==== Noun ==== cacho m (plural cachos) bunch (of grapes) Synonym: acio shoal (of fishes) Synonyms: cardume, manda ===== Derived terms ===== ourizo cacho === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== cacho first-person singular present indicative of cachar === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cacho”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cacho”, 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), “cacho 'acio'”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (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), “cacho 'pedazo'”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (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), “cacho (recipiente)”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cacho”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN “cacho”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 “cacho”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aʃu, (Northern Portugal) -at͡ʃu Hyphenation: ca‧cho === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *caplum, from Latin capulum (“handle”), from capiō (“to take”) +‎ -ulum (instrument-forming suffix). Doublet of cabo. Compare Spanish cacha. ==== Noun ==== cacho m (plural cachos) (collective) bunch (of fruits) cacho de bananas ― bunch of bananas cacho de uvas ― bunch of grapes lock (length of hair) Synonym: mecha (botany) raceme (an inflorescence in which the flowers are arranged along a single central axis) (archaic) neck Synonym: pescoço (Trás-os-Montes, Beira) fragment, piece, portion, bit Synonyms: anaco, pedaço ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== cacho first-person singular present indicative of cachar first-person singular present indicative of cachir === Further reading === “cacho”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cacho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == 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”). Compare also Italian cacchio. ==== Noun ==== cacho m (plural cachos) (colloquial) piece Synonyms: pedazo, trozo (Latin America) horn Synonym: cuerno (Chile, Peru, colloquial) shit, lemon, bomb (defective, inadequate or useless item or person) Synonyms: maula, rollo (Chile, colloquial) nuisance, some annoying task or work Synonym: rollo (Ecuador, colloquial) joke, lie ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Papiamentu: kachu === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== cacho first-person singular present indicative of cachar === Etymology 3 === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cattulus, from Latin catulus (“whelp”). ==== Noun ==== cacho m (plural cachos) chub (fish) === Further reading === “cacho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “cacho”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010 DiPerú | Diccionario de peruanismos en línea