cachopo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cachopo.

Pronunciation

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Noun

cachopo (plural cachopos)

1. An Asturian dish consisting of two deep-fried breaded cutlets of meat (normally veal or beef but sometimes chicken) filled with serrano ham and cheese, similar to cordon bleu, and typically served with fries.

Further reading

• cachopo (dish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Cocopah

Galician

Alternative forms

• cachoupo

Etymology

Unknown. Perpahs from cacho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɑˈt͡ʃɔpʊ]

Noun

cachopo m (plural cachopos)

1. stump; also the old knotty trunk of a living tree or plant

   Synonyms: cachopa, carocha, cepa, coto, toco

   • 1862, Francisco María de la Iglesia, A muiñeira das fillas da aurora:

     Seas bendita, luciña amorosa,
     Dios te nos deixe por cen anos ver
     Pois que así fas dun candelo unha rosa
     E dun cachopo as uviñas nacer

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• cachopal
• a cachoupiño

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cachopo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cachopal”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cachopo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cachopo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cachopo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown. Maybe from Latin scopulus (“crag, rock”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʃo.pu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʃo.pu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʃo.po/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʃo.pu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʃo.pu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈt͡ʃo.pu/

• Hyphenation: ca‧cho‧po

Noun

cachopo m (plural cachopos, feminine cachopa, feminine plural cachopas, metaphonic)

1. (Portugal, colloquial) kid

   Synonyms: catraio, miúdo, moço, puto, rapaz

Noun

cachopo m (plural cachopos, metaphonic)

1. shoal

   Synonym: escolho

2. dangerous obstacle

   Synonym: escolho

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Asturian cachopu (literally “stump”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈt͡ʃopo/ [kaˈt͡ʃo.po]
• Rhymes: -opo
• Syllabification: ca‧cho‧po

Noun

cachopo m (plural cachopos)

1. cachopo (dish)

Further reading

• “cachopo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16