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hacha.

axe, hatchet (tool for felling trees or chopping wood)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈat͡ʃa/[ˈa.t͡ʃa]
  1. axe, hatchet (tool for felling trees or chopping wood)

    feminine
  2. ace, wizard (someone who is especially skilled or unusually talented in a particular field)

    colloquial · feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Spanish facha, borrowed from Old French hache, of Germanic origin.

noun/ˈat͡ʃa/[ˈa.t͡ʃa]
  1. a kind of torch or large candle (often with four sticks)

    feminine
  2. a kind of wick or fuse (often made with esparto grass and tar), which does not go out easily in the wind

    feminine
  3. bundle of straw tied up like a strip and often used to help cover huts or other field constructions

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Spanish facha, from a Vulgar Latin *fascla, from syncopation of *fascula, presumably from a crossing of Latin facula and fascis. Doublet of fácula, a borrowing. Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese facha.

verb/ˈat͡ʃa/[ˈa.t͡ʃa]
  1. inflection of hachar: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of hachar: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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