cacheira

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Galician[edit]

Cacheira curada ("cured pork head") for sale, at a fair

Etymology 1[edit]

Cacho (“head”) +‎ -eira.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

cacheira f (plural cacheiras)

  1. pig head
  2. salted pork head, consumed boiled with potatoes, greens and other meats
    Synonyms: cachaza, cachola, cachucha
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Etymology 2[edit]

Cachar (“to slash and burn”) +‎ -eira.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

cacheira f (plural cacheiras)

  1. bonfire
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References[edit]

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

Portuguese[edit]

Adjective[edit]

cacheira

  1. feminine singular of cacheiro
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