hache
Spanish, noun
hache is spelled H-A-C-H-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 47,595th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hache is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “The name of the Latin script letter H/h” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of hachar. With an accent, haché is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of hachar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Nombre de la letra h”.
What does hache mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineThe name of the Latin script letter H/h.
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of hachar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nombre de la letra h. 2. Construcción de caños con forma de hache que está en la línea de defensa de cada equipo, en donde se puede patear la pelota para que pase entre los tres palos superiores para anotar un drop.
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 hache
- haches plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to hache
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hache in Spanish?
hache 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).