# racha
## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrat͡ʃa/ [ˈra̠.t͡ʃɐ]
* Rhymes: -atʃa
* Hyphenation: ra‧cha

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from rachar.

#### Noun

racha f (plural rachas)
* chip; splinter
    Synonym: pitela
* slice
* billet, sliver, firewood
    Synonyms: acha, cavaco, estela, racho
    De ruín madeira, nunca boa racha (proverb)From the bad wood, never a good billet
* tear, rip; fissure
    Synonyms: fenda, racho

#### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “racha”, 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), “racha”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “racha”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

racha
* inflection of rachar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Deverbal from rachar (“to crack; to split”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁa.ʃɐ/ [ˈha.ʃɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁa.ʃɐ/ [ˈha.ʃɐ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈʁa.ʃɐ/ [ˈχa.ʃɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁa.ʃa/ [ˈha.ʃa]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʁa.ʃɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʁa.ʃɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈʁa.t͡ʃɐ/
* Rhymes: -aʃɐ
* Hyphenation: ra‧cha

### Noun

racha f (plural rachas)
* crack; fissure (thin break in previously solid material)
    Synonyms: fissura, rachadura, fenda, fresta
    O frio abriu rachas nos meus lábios.The cold caused cracks to open up in my lips.
* a piece of split wood
    Synonym: cavaco
    Pus várias rachas de lenha na fogueira.I put several pieces of firewood in the fire.
* sliver; fragment (small piece broken out of something)
    Synonyms: fragmento, lasca
    Joguei um punhado de rachas de pedra nos pássaros.I threw a handful of rock fragments at the birds.
* (informal) bit (small amount of something)
    Synonym: pouco
    Me dê uma racha de açúcar.Give me a bit of sugar.
* (vulgar) fanny; pussy (external female sexual organs)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina/translations

### Noun

racha m (plural rachas)
* (Brazil, slang) an illegal street race
    Synonym: pega
* (Brazil, slang) an informal football match played in an improvised location
    Synonym: pelada
* (Brazil) schism (split or separation within a group)
    Synonyms: cisma, cisão

#### Related terms

* rachado
* rachador
* rachadura
* rachamento
* rachar

### Verb

racha
* inflection of rachar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Etymology

Maybe borrowed from Arabic رَجّة (rajja, “agitation”), from رَجَّ (rajja, “to shake”). Cognate to Catalan ratxa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrat͡ʃa/ [ˈra.t͡ʃa]
* Rhymes: -atʃa
* Syllabification: ra‧cha

### Noun

racha f (plural rachas)
* gust of wind, squall
    Synonym: ráfaga
* (figurative) streak (of luck, good or bad)
    Estoy en racha. ― I'm on a roll.

#### Derived terms

* mala racha

### Further reading

* “racha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10