cachar

Galician

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Late Latin captiare; cognate with English catch.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈt͡ʃaɾ/

Verb

cachar (first-person singular present cacho, first-person singular preterite cachei, past participle cachado)

  1. to surprise or to catch (someone who was hidden or was doing something illegal or embarrassing)
  2. to catch (someone who was fleeing)
  3. to catch (an idea)
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Etymology 2

Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *cappulare (to cut up). In that case, cognate with French chapeler (to cut).[2][3] Alternatively, from cacho.[4]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈt͡ʃaɾ/

Verb

cachar (first-person singular present cacho, first-person singular preterite cachei, past participle cachado)

  1. to scrape land
  2. to hoe
  3. to slash and burn
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References

  1. Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. cachar1.
  2. Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. cachar3.
  3. chapeler” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
  4. Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. cacho I.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

cachar m

  1. indefinite plural of cache

Occitan

Etymology

Probably from Old Occitan, from Latin coactāre, present active infinitive of coactō. Compare also French cacher.

Verb

cachar

  1. to press (apply physical pressure)

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French cacher or Occitan cachar, from Latin coactāre. Related to agachar.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐˈʃaɾ/
  • Hyphenation: ca‧char

Verb

cachar (first-person singular present indicative cacho, past participle cachado)

  1. (transitive) hide
  2. (transitive) cover

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Spanish

Etymology

Believed to be borrowed from English catch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈt͡ʃaɾ/

Verb

cachar (first-person singular present cacho, first-person singular preterite caché, past participle cachado)

  1. to catch (to intercept)
  2. (Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, colloquial) to catch, to get (to grasp mentally: perceive and understand)
  3. (Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, colloquial) to find out, spy out, peek.
  4. (Chile, Peru, vulgar) to have sex.

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