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

• “cachaça” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “cachaç” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “cachaza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cachaza” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cachaza” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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