Portuguese

Noun

cacho m (plural cachos)

1. (collective) hand (bunch of bananas)
2. lock (length of hair)
3. (botany) raceme (an inflorescence in which the flowers are arranged along a single central axis)
4. (archaic) neck

Synonyms

• (lock): mecha
• (neck): pescoço

Derived terms

• estar de cacho

Spanish

Etymology

Probably from a Vulgar Latin *cacclus, < *cacculus, from Latin caccabus ‎(“pot”), see also Galician cacho ‎(“broken container, broken piece of a container”) and Portuguese caco ‎(“piece of pottery”).

Noun

cacho m ‎(plural cachos)

1. piece
2. (Latin America) horn
3. (Chile, Peru, colloquial) ****, lemon, bomb (defective or inadequate or useless item or person)
4. (Chile, colloquial) annoying duty or work

Synonyms

• (piece): pedazo, trozo
• (horn): cuerno
• (****): maula, rollo
• (annoying work): rollo

Verb

cacho

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of cachar.