cacharro

Galician

Etymology

From cacho +‎ -arro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɑˈt͡ʃarʊ]

Noun

cacharro m (plural cacharros)

1. pot

   Synonym: pota

2. (familiar) long drink

   Ven, vamos tomar uns cacharros! ― Come, let's have some drinks together!

Related terms

• Cacharrón (surname)

References

• “cacharro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “cacharro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cacharro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cacharro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

From cacho (“piece”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈt͡ʃaro/ [kaˈt͡ʃa.ro]
• Rhymes: -aro
• Syllabification: ca‧cha‧rro

Noun

cacharro m (plural cacharros)

1. pot, crock (piece of pottery)

   Synonyms: olla, marmita, vasija

2. wreck (damaged or worn car or technical device)
3. (derogatory) piece of junk

   Synonym: cachivache

4. hickey (object whose name is unknown)
5. (in the plural) crock, shard (piece of broken pottery)

Further reading

• “cacharro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014