cacho

See also: Cacho and cachó

English

Noun

cacho (uncountable)

  1. 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”).[1]

Noun

cacho m (plural cachos)

  1. fragment, piece, portion, bit
    Synonyms: anaco, pedazo, porción, trisco
  2. moment
    Synonyms: bocado, momento
  3. hopscotch
    Synonyms: mariola, peletre
  4. boiled potato
    Synonym: cachelo
  5. bowl
    Synonym: cunca
  6. holed bowl used for roasting chestnuts
  7. shell of a crab
  8. (figurative) head
    • 1883, Manuel Martínez González, Poemas gallegos:
      Qué razón aquel rato che tiña/Dos homes falando/Ó decir que non teñen nin pinga/De miolo no cacho/Porque cando o que falan prautican/Todo sai furado
      The mouse was right/When he spoke of (those) men/He said that they have no trace/Of brains in the head/Because when they do what they say/Everything comes holed
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *caplum, from Late Latin capulum (“handle”), from Latin capiō.

Noun

cacho m (plural cachos)

  1. bunch (of grapes)
    Synonym: acio
  2. shoal (of fishes)
    Synonyms: cardume, manda
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Verb

cacho

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cachar

References

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

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)

    1. (collective) bunch (of fruits)
      cacho de bananas ― bunch of bananas
      cacho de uvas ― bunch of grapes
    2. lock (length of hair)
      Synonym: mecha
    3. (botany) raceme (an inflorescence in which the flowers are arranged along a single central axis)
    4. (archaic) neck
      Synonym: pescoço
    5. (Trás-os-Montes, Beira) fragment, piece, portion, bit
      Synonyms: anaco, pedaço
    Derived terms
    • estar de cacho
    Descendants
    • Guinea-Bissau Creole: katcu

    Etymology 2

      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Verb

      cacho

      1. first-person singular present indicative of cachar
      2. first-person singular present indicative of cachir

      Further reading

      Spanish

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈkat͡ʃo/ [ˈka.t͡ʃo]
      • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
      • Rhymes: -atʃo
      • Syllabification: ca‧cho

      Etymology 1

      Etymology tree
      Ancient Greek κάκκαβος (kákkabos)bor.
      Latin cāccabusder.
      Vulgar Latin *cacculus?
      Spanish cacho

        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)

        1. (colloquial) piece
          Synonyms: pedazo, trozo
        2. (Latin America) horn
          Synonym: cuerno
        3. (Chile, Peru, colloquial) shit, lemon, bomb (defective, inadequate or useless item or person)
          Synonyms: maula, rollo
        4. (Chile, colloquial) nuisance, some annoying task or work
          Synonym: rollo
        5. (Ecuador, colloquial) joke, lie
        Derived terms
        Descendants

        Etymology 2

        Etymology tree
        Proto-Italic *katelos
        Latin catulusder.
        Vulgar Latin *cattulus
        Spanish cacho

          Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cattulus, from Latin catulus (“whelp, puppy”). Named so for its resemblance to specific dogs.

          Noun

          cacho m (plural cachos)

          2. chub (fish)
          Derived terms
          • cachucho
          • cachuelo

          Etymology 3

            See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

            Verb

            cacho

            1. first-person singular present indicative of cachar

            Further reading

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