resaca

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish resaca, probably from resacar (“retake”), though possibly from rio seco (“dry river”) instead. === Noun === resaca (plural resacas) A dry river bed, a former channel of the Rio Grande, found in the southern half of Cameron County, Texas and deep into northeastern portions of the State of Tamaulipas, Mexico. (Texas) A small body of water. === See also === meander oxbow oxbow lake === References === Resaca (channel) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Caesar, Ceasar, Cæsar, acrase, araces, arecas, caesar, sacrae == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /reˈsaka/ [reˈsa.ka] Rhymes: -aka Syllabification: re‧sa‧ca === Etymology 1 === Deverbal from resacar (“to distil”), from sacar (“to extract”). ==== Noun ==== resaca f (plural resacas) undertow, surf, backwash (outgoing wave) riptide (commerce) redraft, redrawing hangover (illness caused by a previous bout of heavy drinking) silt deposit (Mexico, US) dry stream bed; resaca ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Catalan: ressaca English: resaca French: ressac Italian: risacca Portuguese: ressaca ===== Further reading ===== “resaca”, 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 === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== resaca inflection of resacar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative