bache
Spanish, noun/ˈbat͡ʃe/
bache is spelled B-A-C-H-E (5 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 29,960th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bache is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “pothole” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hoyo que se hace en la calle o camino por el mucho uso”.
What does bache mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepothole
- 2
masculinerut, tricky/barren spell
- 3
Latin-Americamasculinelack, deficiency
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hoyo que se hace en la calle o camino por el mucho uso.
noun: 1. Sitio donde se encierra el ganado lanar para que sude, antes de esquilarle.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bache
- baches plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bache?
- /ˈbat͡ʃe/
- [ˈba.t͡ʃe]
- [ˈbat͡ʃe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bache
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bache in Spanish?
bache appears 1.3 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).