cachaca
Spanish, noun
cachaca is spelled C-A-C-H-A-C-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Spanish, the 213,186th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cachaca is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “a style of cumbia from Paraguay” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of cachaco: female police officer. With a cedilla, cachaça is a different word: “cachaça”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Género musical derivado de la cumbia”.
What does cachaca mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatoryfemininefemale equivalent of cachaco: female police officer
- 2
femininea style of cumbia from Paraguay
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of cachaco
noun
- 1
masculinecachaça
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Género musical derivado de la cumbia.
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 cachaca
- cachaças plural
- cachacas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is cachaca in Spanish?
cachaca appears about once in every 35 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).