arracacha

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish, from Quechua raqacha.

Noun

arracacha (countable and uncountable, plural arracachas)

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]
- (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/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʁɐˈka.t͡ʃɐ/

Noun

arracacha f (plural arracachas)

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)

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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