calcha

Borrowed from Mapudungun kallcha (“body hair”), from kaḻ (“hair”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkalt͡ʃa/ [ˈkalʲ.t͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -altʃa
• Syllabification: cal‧cha

calcha f (plural calchas)

1. (Chile, poultry, rustic) hackle

   Synonym: cerneja

   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 22:

     Una gallina negra de grandes calchas (cernejas), rodeada de doce polluelos blancos.

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• “calcha”, 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
• “calcha”, 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
• “calcha”, in Tesoro de los diccionarios históricos de la lengua española [Thesaurus of the Historical Dictionaries of the Spanish Language], Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2021