gachas
Spanish, noun/ˈɡat͡ʃas/
gachas is spelled G-A-C-H-A-S (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 51,418th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gachas is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “porridge, gruel, mush (food comprising cracked or rolled grains cooked in water or milk)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of gacha. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Plato con textura de papilla que se prepara cocinando en agua granos u hojuelas de cereal machacados, molidos…”.
What does gachas mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineporridge, gruel, mush (food comprising cracked or rolled grains cooked in water or milk)
- 2
colloquialfemininemud
noun
- 1
plural of gacha
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine plural of gacho
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plato con textura de papilla que se prepara cocinando en agua granos u hojuelas de cereal machacados, molidos o en harina. 2. Mezcla pantanosa de agua con tierra, como cuando llueve. 3. Expresión melosa, verbal o física, de cariño.
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.
How do you pronounce gachas?
- /ˈɡat͡ʃas/
- [ˈɡa.t͡ʃas]
- [ˈgat͡ʃas]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gachas
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gachas in Spanish?
gachas appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).