cachear

Galician

Etymology

Attested circa 1750. Perhaps from cacho (“fragment (of potato)”).[1] Alternatively, from northern Old French cachier (“to chase”); compare English catch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kat͡ʃeˈaɾ/

Verb

cachear (first-person singular present cacheo, first-person singular preterite cacheei, past participle cacheado)
cachear (first-person singular present cacheio, first-person singular preterite cacheei, past participle cacheado, reintegrationist norm)

  1. (transitive) to inspect; to search carefully for something that is hidden
    Synonym: rexistrar
  2. (transitive) to frisk (to search somebody by feeling his or her body and clothing)
    Synonyms: apalpar, rexistrar
  3. (transitive) to pick up a plant of potato to assess how the harvest will be
  4. (transitive) to pick up the potatoes of a field
    Synonyms: apañar, coller

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Spanish: cachear

References

  1. ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “cachear”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Portuguese

Etymology

    From cacho + -ear.

    Pronunciation

     
     
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐˈʃjaɾ/
      • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐtˈʃjaɾ/
      • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐˈʃja.ɾi/

    • Hyphenation: ca‧che‧ar

    Verb

    cachear (third-person only, third-person singular present cacheia, third-person singular preterite cacheou, past participle cacheado)

    1. to curl
      Synonym: encaracolar

    Conjugation

    Further reading

    Spanish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /kat͡ʃeˈaɾ/ [ka.t͡ʃeˈaɾ]
    • Rhymes: -aɾ
    • Syllabification: ca‧che‧ar

    Etymology 1

    Borrowed from Galician cachear.[1]

    Verb

    cachear (first-person singular present cacheo, first-person singular preterite cacheé, past participle cacheado)

    1. to search; to frisk
    Conjugation
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

      From caché + -ear, or from cache + -ear.

      Verb

      cachear (first-person singular present cacheo, first-person singular preterite cacheé, past participle cacheado)

      1. (computing) to cache
        • 2013, Luc Van Lancker, Los API JavaScript de HTML5, Ediciones ENI, →ISBN, page 280:
          Observe que la URL que se usa en el manifiesto puede ser relativa o absoluta y nada impide cachear los recursos situados en otro dominio diferente al de la página que declara el manifiesto.
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      Conjugation

      References

      1. ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “cachear”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[2] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

      Further reading