checa
Asturian edit
Adjective edit
checa
Galician edit
Adjective edit
checa f sg
Noun edit
checa f (plural checas)
- female equivalent of checo
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
- Hyphenation: che‧ca
Etymology 1 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
checa
Noun edit
checa f (plural checas)
- female equivalent of checo
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
checa
- inflection of checar:
Spanish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From the feminine of checo.
Noun edit
checa f (plural checas)
- female equivalent of checo
Adjective edit
checa
Etymology 2 edit
From the pronunciation of the initial letters ЧК (ČK) in Чрезвычайная комиссия (Črezvyčajnaja komissija).
Proper noun edit
checa f
- the former Russian secret police (1917–1922)
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
checa
- inflection of checar:
Further reading edit
- “checa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014