tacha

See also: tachá and tâcha

French

Verb

tacha

1. third-person singular past historic of tacher

Anagrams

• achat

Galician

Alternative forms

• chata

Etymology

14th century. From Old French tache (“stain, blemish”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Germanic *taikną (“sign, token”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtat͡ʃa/ [ˈt̪a̠.t͡ʃɐ]
• Rhymes: -atʃa
• Hyphenation: ta‧cha

Noun

tacha f (plural tachas)

1. defect, blemish
   1. also moral defect
      • c1375, Eladio Oviedo Arce (ed.), "Fragmento de una versión gallega del Código de Las Partidas de Alfonso el Sabio", in López Ferreiro, Antonio (ed.): Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, pp. 116-129:

        como se pode desfazer a venda do seruo se o vendedor a encobre a chata ou a maldade dela

        how to undo the sale of a serf when the seller hides the blemish or the meanness of this sale

Derived terms

• tachar

 

Related terms

• tachola

 

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “tacha”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “tacha” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tacha”, 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, editor (2006–2013), “chata”, 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), “tacha”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (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), “chata”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chata”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Occitan

Alternative forms

• taca

Noun

tacha f (plural tachas)

1. (Limousin) blot, stain or smear
2. large-headed nail

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.xa/
• Rhymes: -axa
• Syllabification: ta‧cha

Verb

tacha

1. third-person singular present of tachać

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ʃɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ʃɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ʃa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ʃɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ʃɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈta.t͡ʃɐ/

• Homophone: taxa
• Rhymes: -aʃɐ
• Hyphenation: ta‧cha

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan tacha.

Noun

tacha f (plural tachas)

1. small nail; pin

Etymology 2

Verb

tacha

1. inflection of tachar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtat͡ʃa/ [ˈt̪a.t͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -atʃa
• Syllabification: ta‧cha

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *tacca, *tecca, of Germanic origin, from Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌽𐍃 (taikns, “mark, sign”), from Proto-Germanic *taiknaz, *taikniz (“sign, mark”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-. Influenced by forms related to Frankish *stakjan, *stakkjan and Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌺𐍃 (staks, “mark”). See attacher. Cognate with Old High German zeihhan (“sign, symbol, feature”), Old English tācn (“sign, marker”). More at token.

Noun

tacha f (plural tachas)

1. fault, blemish
2. any cross out sign (/, \, - or X)
3. (slang) an ecstasy pill; MDMA

Etymology 2

Verb

tacha

1. inflection of tachar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “tacha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10