cacheira

Galician

Cacheira curada ("cured pork head") for sale, at a fair

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Galician Cacho

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -a

Latin -āria

Old Galician-Portuguese -eira

Galician -eira

Galician cacheira

From Cacho (“head”) + -eira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈt͡ʃejɾa̝/

Noun

cacheira f (plural cacheiras)

1. pig head
2. salted pork head, consumed boiled with potatoes, greens and other meats

   Synonyms: cachaza, cachola, cachucha

Related terms

• cacha
• cachaza
• cachola
• cachucha

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Galician Cachar

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -a

Latin -āria

Old Galician-Portuguese -eira

Galician -eira

Galician cacheira

From Cachar (“to slash and burn”) + -eira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈt͡ʃejɾa̝/

Noun

cacheira f (plural cacheiras)

1. bonfire

Derived terms

• Cacheiras

Related terms

• cachada
• cachar
• Cacharela
• cacharela
• Cacheiro
• Cacheiros

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cacheira”, 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 Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “cacheira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cacheira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cacheira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Adjective

cacheira

1. feminine singular of cacheiro