cachaza

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English

Noun

cachaza (uncountable)

  1. A by-product of pressing sugar cane, traditionally mixed with other materials and used in construction.

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cachaça, from cacha (“head”) +‎ -aza. Compare Portuguese cachaço.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈt͡ʃaθa̝/, (western) /kaˈt͡ʃasa̝/

Noun

cachaza f (plural cachazas)

  1. (cooking) salted and cured pork head
    Synonyms: cacheira, cachucha
  2. superlative calmness or slowness; phlegm
    Synonyms: calma, flegma, pachorra, parsimonia, prosma

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Descendants

  • → Spanish: cachaza

References

  • “cachaça” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “cachaç” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “cachaza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “cachaza” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “cachaza” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Noun

cachaza f (plural cachazas)

  1. slowness, patience

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