cacho

/ˈkatʃo/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
cachos

Meaning

  1. piece

    • Dame un cacho de pan.

      Give me a bit of bread.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

trozo

trozo is the standard, everyday word for "piece, chunk"; cacho is more colloquial, common in Spain.

pieza

pieza specifically means "a piece" as a component or part of a set, like a puzzle piece or a musical piece; cacho is a more informal chunk of something.

pedazo

pedazo and cacho are both colloquial words for "a piece, a chunk," largely interchangeable, pedazo used more widely across the Spanish-speaking world.

Similar in other languages

French

morceau

morceau is the French word for the same thing — both mean "piece."

Practice

1 What does cacho mean?

2 Fill the gap: Dame un ___ de pan.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches cacho?

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