racha

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrat͡ʃa/ [ˈra̠.t͡ʃɐ]
• Rhymes: -atʃa
• Hyphenation: ra‧cha

Etymology 1

Deverbal of rachar.

Etymology 2

Etymology

Deverbal of rachar (“to crack; to split”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aʃɐ
• Hyphenation: ra‧cha

Noun

racha f (plural rachas)

1. crack; fissure (thin break in previously solid material)

   Synonyms: fissura, rachadura, fenda, fresta

   O frio abriu rachas nos meus lábios.

   The cold caused cracks to open up in my lips.

2. a piece of split wood

   Synonym: cavaco

   Pus várias rachas de lenha na fogueira.

   I put several pieces of firewood in the fire.

3. sliver; fragment (small piece broken out of something)

   Synonyms: fragmento, lasca

   Joguei um punhado de rachas de pedra nos pássaros.

   I threw a handful of rock fragments at the birds.

4. (informal) bit (small amount of something)

   Synonym: pouco

   Me dê uma racha de açúcar.

   Give me a bit of sugar.

5. (vulgar) fanny; pussy (external female sexual organs)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina/translations

Noun

racha m (plural rachas)

1. (Brazil, slang) an illegal street race

   Synonym: pega

2. (Brazil, slang) an informal football match played in an improvised location

   Synonym: pelada

3. (Brazil) schism (split or separation within a group)

   Synonyms: cisma, cisão

Verb

racha

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

Etymology

Maybe borrowed from Arabic رَجّة (rajja, “agitation”), from رَجَّ (rajja, “to shake”). Cognate to Catalan ratxa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrat͡ʃa/ [ˈra.t͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -atʃa
• Syllabification: ra‧cha

Noun

racha f (plural rachas)

1. gust of wind, squall

   Synonym: ráfaga

2. (figurative) streak (of luck, good or bad)

   Estoy en racha. ― I'm on a roll.

Further reading

• “racha”, 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