cachucha

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish cachucha. === Noun === cachucha (plural cachuchas) A dance, in triple time and related to the flamenco and fandango, from Andalusia A kind of sweet pepper grown in the Caribbean. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kat.ʃut.ʃa/ === Noun === cachucha f (plural cachuchas) cachucha === Further reading === “cachucha”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Galician == === Etymology === From cacho (“head; bowl”) +‎ -ucha. First attested in 1746. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaˈt͡ʃut͡ʃa/ [kɑˈt͡ʃu.t͡ʃɐ] Rhymes: -utʃa === Noun === cachucha f (plural cachuchas) (cooking) cured pork head, locally considered a delicacy Synonyms: cachaza, cacheira, cachola cap Synonym: pucha === References === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cachucha”, 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), “cachucha”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cachucha”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Spanish == === Etymology === From cachucho. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaˈt͡ʃut͡ʃa/ [kaˈt͡ʃu.t͡ʃa] Rhymes: -utʃa Syllabification: ca‧chu‧cha === Noun === cachucha f (plural cachuchas) (dance) cachucha (Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia) baseball cap Synonyms: gorra, jockey (Chile, Paraguay) (vulgar, El Salvador, Paraguay, Argentina, uncommon in Uruguay) vulva; vagina Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina ==== Descendants ==== → English: cachucha → French: cachucha → Western Juxtlahuaca Mixtec: kachúcha === Further reading === “cachucha”, 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