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tacha

Spanish, noun

tacha is spelled T-A-C-H-A (5 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 33,977th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tacha is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “fault, blemish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of tachar. With an accent, tachá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of tachar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Falta o defecto en algo o alguien, que lo hacen imperfecto”.

What does tacha mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininefault, blemish

  2. 2

    feminineany cross out sign (/, \, –, or X)

  3. 3

    femininea type of small nail

  4. 4

    feminineA legal argument for doubting a witness's testimony

  5. 5

    feminineslangan ecstasy pill; MDMA

noun

  1. 1

    MexicofeminineAn apparatus in which sugar cane syrup is evaporated to produce panela

  2. 2

    MexicofeminineA syrup of piloncillo and spices

  3. 3

    femininealternative form of tacho

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as tachá
  1. 1

    second-person singular voseo imperative of tachar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Falta o defecto en algo o alguien, que lo hacen imperfecto. 2. Clavo pequeño pero mayor que una tachuela. 3. Motivo legítimo para denegar la declaración de un testigo.

noun: 1. En el caso de fabricación azúcar, maquína para evaporar jarabe en vacío hasta un momento cuando se obtenga una masa cristalizada. 2. Cubeta que se usa para fregar el suelo

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 tacha

  • tachas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to tacha

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is tacha in Spanish?

tacha appears 1.0 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).

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