buchaca

• IPA^(key): /buˈt͡ʃaka/ [buˈt͡ʃa.ka]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: bu‧cha‧ca

buchaca f (plural buchaques)

1. money box, piggy bank

   Synonyms: búcare, tafuñu

From earlier form burjaca, of uncertain origin. Compare Catalan butxaca.

• IPA^(key): /buˈt͡ʃaka/ [buˈt͡ʃa.ka]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: bu‧cha‧ca

buchaca f (plural buchacas)

1. pocket
2. (Cuba, Colombia, billiards) pocket
3. (colloquial, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua) a mouth, especially if big

• “buchaca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “buchaca”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010