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cachear

Pronunciation: /kat͡ʃeˈaɾ/

“cachear” is a Galician word. Its 4 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to inspect; to search carefully for something that is hidden
  2. to frisk (to search somebody by feeling his or her body and clothing)
  3. to pick up a plant of potato to assess how the harvest will be
  4. to pick up the potatoes of a field

In Galician

  1. Examinar concienciudamente [algo ou a alguén] para buscar ou comprobar algo.
  2. Facer a colleita de [as patacas].

Etymology

Attested circa 1750. Perhaps from cacho (“fragment (of potato)”). Alternatively, from northern Old French cachier (“to chase”); compare English catch.

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