focha

Probably from Latin fossa; also compare foxo and foxa.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈfot͡ʃa̝/

focha f (plural fochas)

1. pit (hole in the ground)

   Synonyms: fochanca, foxa, foxo, pozo

2. cleft chin

• fochanca
• fochicar

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “focha”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “focha”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “focha”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Borrowed from Catalan fotja, ultimately from Latin fulica. Doublet of fúlica.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfot͡ʃa/ [ˈfo.t͡ʃa]

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• Rhymes: -otʃa
• Syllabification: fo‧cha

focha f (plural fochas)

1. coot

   Synonym: fúlica

• “focha”, 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