gacha

See also: gâcha

English

Alternative forms

• (toy; vending machine) gachapon, gashapon

Etymology 1

Japanese ガチャ, shortened form of ガチャポン. Third sense is also a homophone of "gotcha."

Noun

gacha (countable and uncountable, plural gachas)

1. A small toy sold in a plastic capsule in a vending machine, especially toys sold in or associated with Japan.
   • 2018, Ennio De Nucci and Adam Kramarzewski, Practical Game Design‎^[1], page 54:

     Gacha, from the Japanese word gachapon, refers to capsules sold in vending machines and containing random toys inside

2. The vending machine that sells such toys.
   • 2018 October 24, Oona McGee, “Pokemon cosplay for cats”, in Japan Today‎^[2]:

     And if you’re looking for something that’s cute, compact, and affordable, you can’t go past the country’s gacha capsule toy vending machines.

3. (video games) A mechanism in certain video games, especially mobile games, whereby in-game items or characters are purchased randomly with real money.
   • 2018, Ennio De Nucci and Adam Kramarzewski, Practical Game Design‎^[3], page 394:

     Since a loot table with ten rewards won’t last for long, the very first step in gacha design is to ensure that you have enough content to make gacha a viable monetization strategy.

4. (video games) A game which features this mechanic as its central feature.

See also

• (video games): loot box

Etymology 2

Chinese 嘎查 (gāchá)

Noun

gacha

1. A village-level administrative division in Inner Mongolia.

Anagrams

• chaga

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French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: gachas, gachât

Verb

gacha

1. third-person singular past historic of gacher

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.xa/

Noun

gacha m pers or m anim

1. genitive/accusative singular of gach

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡat͡ʃa/

• Audio (Spain)

  (file)

Etymology 1

Unknown

Noun

gacha f (plural gachas)

1. liquid mass
2. (in the plural) porridge, gruel, mush

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

gacha

1. feminine singular of gacho

Further reading

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

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaχa/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaːχa/, /ˈɡaχa/

Verb

gacha

1. Soft mutation of cacha.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cacha	gacha	nghacha	chacha
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.