cachear

Attested circa 1750. Perhaps from cacho (“fragment (of potato)”).[1] Alternatively, from northern Old French cachier (“to chase”); compare English catch.

• IPA^(key): /kat͡ʃeˈaɾ/

cachear (first-person singular present cacheo, first-person singular preterite cacheei, past participle cacheado)

1. (transitive) to inspect; to search carefully for something that is hidden

   Synonym: rexistrar

2. (transitive) to frisk (to search somebody by feeling his or her body and clothing)

   Synonyms: apalpar, rexistrar

3. (transitive) to pick up a plant of potato to assess how the harvest will be
4. (transitive) to pick up the potatoes of a field

   Synonyms: apañar, coller

• cachar

• Spanish: cachear

• “cachear” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “cachear” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cachear” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

cachear (first-person singular present indicative cacheo, past participle cacheado)

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From Galician cachear.[1]

• IPA^(key): /kat͡ʃeˈaɾ/

cachear (first-person singular present cacheo, first-person singular preterite cacheé, past participle cacheado)

1. to search; to frisk

• cacheo (noun)