hacha

Borrowed from Spanish hacha.

• IPA^(key): /ˈat͡ʃa/ [ˈa.t͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -atʃa
• Syllabification: ha‧cha

hacha f (plural haches)

1. axe (tool)

• “hacha” in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana. Xosé Lluis García Arias. →ISBN.

hacha

1. (Old Chamorro) one (in general)

   Synonym: uno

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hacha

1. third-person singular past historic of hacher

• IPA^(key): /ˈat͡ʃa/ [ˈa.t͡ʃa]

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• Rhymes: -atʃa
• Syllabification: ha‧cha

Inherited from Old Spanish facha, borrowed from Old French hache, of Germanic origin.^[1]

hacha f (plural hachas)

1. axe, hatchet (tool for felling trees or chopping wood)
2. (colloquial) ace, wizard (someone who is especially skilled or unusually talented in a particular field)

• Before feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like hacha, the singular definite article takes the form of el (otherwise reserved for masculine nouns) instead of the usual la: el hacha. This includes the contracted forms al and del (instead of a la and de la, respectively): al hacha, del hacha.

This also applies to the indefinite article, which takes the form of un, which is otherwise used with masculine nouns (although the standard feminine form una also occurs): un hacha or una hacha. The same is true with determiners algún/alguna and ningún/ninguna, as well as for numerals ending with 1 (e.g., veintiún/veintiuna).

However, if another word intervenes between the article and the noun, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (la, una etc.) are used: la mejor hacha, una buena hacha.

• In these cases, el and un are not masculine but feminine, deriving from Latin illa and una, respectively, even though they are identical in form to the corresponding masculine singular articles. Thus, they are allomorphs of the feminine singular articles la and una.
• The use of these allomorphs does not change the gender agreement of the adjectives modifying the feminine noun: el hacha única, un(a) hacha buena.
• In the plural, the usual feminine plural articles and determiners (las, unas, etc.) are always used.

• → Asturian: hachu, hacha
• → Cebuano: atsa
• → Isthmus Mixe: achë
• → Morelos Nahuatl: acha
• → Rayón Zoque: jacha
• → Tezoatlán Mixtec: achá
• → Western Apache: acha
• → Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: acha

Inherited from Old Spanish facha, from a Vulgar Latin *fascla, from syncopation of *fascula, presumably from a crossing of Latin facula and fascis.^[2] Doublet of fácula, a borrowing. Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese facha.

hacha f (plural hachas)

1. a kind of torch or large candle (often with four sticks)
2. a kind of wick or fuse (often made with esparto grass and tar), which does not go out easily in the wind
3. bundle of straw tied up like a strip and often used to help cover huts or other field constructions

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

hacha

1. inflection of hachar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “hacha”, 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