arracacha

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish, from Quechua raqacha.

Noun

arracacha (countable and uncountable, plural arracachas)

1. A South American plant grown as a root vegetable, Arracacia xanthorrhiza

Translations

Arracacia xanthorrhiza, a South American root vegetable

• Aymara: lakachu
• Ayomán: aricachi
• French: arracacha (fr) f, pomme de terre-céleri (fr) m
• German: Arakacha f
• Muzo: arocueche
• Portuguese: arracacha f
• Quechua: raqacha
• Spanish: racacha f, arrecate, arracacha f (Colombia, Peru), arracache m (Costa Rica), apio criollo m (Venezuela), apio (es) m (Venezuela), virraca f (Peru), zanahoria blanca f (Ecuador)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʁaˈka.ʃɐ/ [a.haˈka.ʃɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʁaˈka.ʃɐ/ [a.haˈka.ʃɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.ʁaˈka.ʃɐ/ [a.χaˈka.ʃɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʁaˈka.ʃa/ [a.haˈka.ʃa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʁɐˈka.ʃɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʁɐˈka.ʃɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʁɐˈka.t͡ʃɐ/

Noun

arracacha f (plural arracachas)

1. arracacha (Arracacia xanthorrhiza, a South American root vegetable)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua raqacha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /araˈkat͡ʃa/ [a.raˈka.t͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -atʃa
• Syllabification: a‧rra‧ca‧cha

Noun

arracacha f (plural arracachas)

1. a South American plant grown as a root vegetable, Arracacia xanthorrhiza

   Synonyms: apio criollo, zanahoria blanca, virraca

Related terms

• arracache
• racacha

 

Descendants

• → English: arracacha

Further reading

• “arracacho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10