# hacha
## Asturian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hacha.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈat͡ʃa/ [ˈa.t͡ʃa]
* Rhymes: -atʃa
* Syllabification: ha‧cha

### Noun

hacha f (plural haches)
* axe (tool)

### Further reading

* “hacha” in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana. Xosé Lluis García Arias. →ISBN.

## Chamorro
### Numeral

hacha
* (Old Chamorro) one (in general)
    Synonym: uno

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

hacha
* third-person singular past historic of hacher

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈat͡ʃa/ [ˈa.t͡ʃa]
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* Rhymes: -atʃa
* Syllabification: ha‧cha

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish facha, borrowed from Old French hache, of Germanic origin.

#### Noun

hacha f (plural hachas)
* axe, hatchet (tool for felling trees or chopping wood)
* (colloquial) ace, wizard (someone who is especially skilled or unusually talented in a particular field)

##### Usage notes

* Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like hacha take the singular definite article el (otherwise reserved for masculine nouns) instead of the usual la: el hacha. This includes the contracted forms al and del (instead of a la and de la, respectively): al hacha, del hacha.
    These nouns also usually take the indefinite article un that is otherwise used with masculine nouns (although the standard feminine form una is also permitted): un hacha or una hacha. The same is true with determiners algún/alguna and ningún/ninguna, as well as for numerals ending with 1 (e.g., veintiún/veintiuna).
    However, if another word intervenes between the article and the noun, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (la, una etc.) must be used: la mejor hacha, una buena hacha.
* If an adjective follows the noun, it must agree with the noun's gender regardless of the article used: el hacha única, un(a) hacha buena.
* In the plural, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (las, unas etc.) are always used.

##### Derived terms

* callo de hacha
* hacha de abordaje
* hacha de armas
* hacha de viento
* hachazo
* hachón
* lengua de hacha
* maestro de hacha
* paje de hacha

##### Descendants

* → Asturian: hachu, hacha
* → Cebuano: atsa
* → Isthmus Mixe: achë
* → Morelos Nahuatl: acha
* → Rayón Zoque: jacha
* → Tezoatlán Mixtec: achá
* → Western Apache: acha
* → Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: acha

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Spanish facha, from a Vulgar Latin *fascla, from syncopation of *fascula, presumably from a crossing of Latin facula and fascis. Doublet of fácula, a borrowing. Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese facha.

#### Noun

hacha f (plural hachas)
* a kind of torch or large candle (often with four sticks)
* a kind of wick or fuse (often made with esparto grass and tar), which does not go out easily in the wind
* bundle of straw tied up like a strip and often used to help cover huts or other field constructions

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

hacha
* inflection of hachar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### References

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “hacha”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 303
* ↑ “JwmShW0”, 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

### Further reading

* “hacha”, 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