Noun: cacho
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | cacho |
| Plural m | cachos |
Sample Sentences
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Qué razón aquel rato che tiña/Dos homes falando/Ó decir que non teñen nin pinga/De miolo no cacho/Porque cando o que falan prautican/Todo sai furado (The mouse was right/When he spoke of (those) men/He said that they have no trace/Of brains in the head/Because when they do what they say/Everything comes holed) [1883, Manuel Martínez González, Poemas gallegos:]
Nouns inflected like cacho
miligramo,
mililitro,
acontecemento,
urodelo,
ancoradoiro,
vimieiro,
serrón,
sesego,
sedeño,
iceberg,
sarrio,
sabuio,
sabugo,
sabujo,
sabuxo,
sabelo,
sangue,
saibro,
saltón,
salmón, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Probably from a Vulgar Latin *cacclus, from *cacculus, from Latin caccabus (“pot”); compare Spanish cacho and Portuguese caco (“piece of pottery”). See: Latin Nouns '
caccabus', Spanish Nouns '
cacho', Portuguese Nouns '
caco'.
Verbs referencing "cacho"
Spanish Nouns
cacho, Portuguese Nouns
caco.
Translations