piocha

• IPA^(key): /pjɔ.ʃa/

piocha

1. third-person singular past historic of piocher

• chopai
• pochai

piocha f (plural piochas)

1. felt cap used by women

   Synonyms: monteira, carapucha, cufete, moquelo, cadela, pucha, cachucha

From Nahuatl piochtli (“tuft”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpjot͡ʃa/ [ˈpjo.t͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -otʃa
• Syllabification: pio‧cha

piocha f (plural piochas)

1. (Mexico) goatee

   Synonyms: perilla, barba de chivo, chiva, chivera

2. (Chile) badge

   Synonyms: insignia, placa

3. bead tree

   Synonyms: cinamomo, agriaz, canelo

• “piocha”, 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
• “piocha”, 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