# cacho
## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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”).

#### Noun

cacho m (plural cachos)
* fragment, piece, portion, bit
    Synonyms: anaco, pedazo, porción, trisco
* moment
    Synonyms: bocado, momento
* hopscotch
    Synonyms: mariola, peletre
* boiled potato
    Synonym: cachelo

##### Derived terms

* cacharro
* cachelo
* escachar
* escacho

#### Noun

cacho m (plural cachos)
* bowl
    Synonym: cunca
* holed bowl used for roasting chestnuts
* shell of a crab
* (figurative) head

##### Derived terms

* cacharro
* Cacharrón
* cachaza
* cacheira
* cachola
* escochar

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

cacho m (plural cachos)
* bunch (of grapes)
    Synonym: acio
* shoal (of fishes)
    Synonyms: cardume, manda

##### Derived terms

* ourizo cacho

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

cacho
* first-person singular present indicative of cachar

### References

* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cacho”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cacho”, 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), “cacho 'acio'”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (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), “cacho 'pedazo'”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (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), “cacho (recipiente)”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cacho”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “cacho I”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈka.ʃu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈka.ʃu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈka.ʃo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈka.ʃu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈka.ʃu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈka.t͡ʃu/
* Rhymes: -aʃu, (Northern Portugal) -at͡ʃu
* Hyphenation: ca‧cho

### Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *caplum, from Late Latin capulum (“handle”), from Latin capiō. Doublet of cabo. Compare Spanish cacha.

#### Noun

cacho m (plural cachos)
* (collective) bunch (of fruits)
    cacho de bananas ― bunch of bananas
    cacho de uvas ― bunch of grapes
* lock (length of hair)
    Synonym: mecha
* (botany) raceme (an inflorescence in which the flowers are arranged along a single central axis)
* (archaic) neck
    Synonym: pescoço

##### Derived terms

* estar de cacho

##### Descendants

* Guinea-Bissau Creole: katcu

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

cacho
* first-person singular present indicative of cachar
* first-person singular present indicative of cachir

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

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

### Etymology 1

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”).

#### Noun

cacho m (plural cachos)
* (colloquial) piece
    Synonyms: pedazo, trozo
* (Latin America) horn
    Synonym: cuerno
* (Chile, Peru, colloquial) shit, lemon, bomb (defective, inadequate or useless item or person)
    Synonyms: maula, rollo
* (Chile, colloquial) nuisance, some annoying task or work
    Synonym: rollo

##### Derived terms

* cacharro
* cachondo
* pillar cacho
* poner los cachos

##### Descendants

* → Papiamentu: kachu

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

cacho
* first-person singular present indicative of cachar

### Etymology 3

From Vulgar Latin *cattulus, from Latin catulus (“whelp”).

#### Noun

cacho m (plural cachos)
* chub (fish)

### Further reading

* “cacho”, 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
* “cacho”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
* DiPerú | Diccionario de peruanismos en línea