cachaza

English

Noun

cachaza (uncountable)

1. A by-product of pressing sugar cane, traditionally mixed with other materials and used in construction.

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cachaça, from cacha (“head”) +‎ -aza. Compare Portuguese cachaço.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈt͡ʃaθa̝/, (western) /kaˈt͡ʃasa̝/

Noun

cachaza f (plural cachazas)

1. (cooking) salted and cured pork head

   Synonyms: cacheira, cachucha

2. superlative calmness or slowness; phlegm

   Synonyms: calma, flegma, pachorra, parsimonia, prosma

Derived terms

• Cachaza
• cachazudo

Related terms

• cacha
• cachapudo
• cacheira
• cachucha

Descendants

• → Spanish: cachaza

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cachaça”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cachaç”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cachaza”, 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), “cachaza”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cachaza”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Noun

cachaza f (plural cachazas)

1. slowness, patience

Related terms

• cachazudo

 

Further reading

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