repechaje

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French repêchage, from repêcher (“to fish out, rescue from water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /repeˈt͡ʃaxe/ [re.peˈt͡ʃa.xe]
• Rhymes: -axe
• Syllabification: re‧pe‧cha‧je

Noun

repechaje m (plural repechajes)

1. (sports, soccer, Latin America) repechage

   Synonym: (Argentina, Spain) repesca

Further reading

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