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English
Etymology
From Spanish cachucha.
Noun
cachucha (plural cachuchas)
- A dance, in triple time and related to the flamenco and fandango, from Andalusia
- A kind of sweet pepper grown in the Caribbean.
French
Noun
cachucha f (plural cachuchas)
- cachucha
Further reading
Galician
Etymology
From cacho (“head; bowl”) + -ucha. First attested in 1746.
Pronunciation
Noun
cachucha f (plural cachuchas)
- (cooking) cured pork head, locally considered a delicacy
- Synonyms: cachaza, cacheira, cachola
- cap
- Synonym: pucha
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cachucha”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cachucha”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cachucha”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Spanish
Etymology
From cachucho.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈt͡ʃut͡ʃa/
- Rhymes: -utʃa
- Syllabification: ca‧chu‧cha
Noun
cachucha f (plural cachuchas)
- (dance) cachucha
- (Colombia, El Salvador, Mexico) cap (hat)
- Synonyms: gorra, jockey (Chile, Paraguay)
- (vulgar, Argentina) vulva; vagina
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina
Descendants
Further reading