"mecha" meaning in Spanish

See mecha in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmet͡ʃa/, [ˈme.t͡ʃa] Forms: mechas [plural]
Rhymes: -etʃa Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μύξα (múxa)bor. Latin myxa Late Latin *micca ▲ Latin myxa Vulgar Latin *mysca Old French mesche French mèchebor.? Spanish mecha Possibly borrowed from French mèche. Etymology templates: {{ety|es|:bor|fr:mèche&lt;id:wick&gt;&lt;unc&gt;|text=1|tree=+}} Etymology tree Ancient Greek μύξα (múxa)bor. Latin myxa Late Latin *micca ▲ Latin myxa Vulgar Latin *mysca Old French mesche French mèchebor.? Spanish mecha [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "wick", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*micca", "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "sebesten", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "μύξα", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "myxa", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang" : "la-lat" }, { "alt" : "*mysca", "lang_name" : "Vulgar Latin", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "status" : { "1" : "la", "2" : ":bor", "3" : "grc:μύξα<id:sebesten>", "text" : "+", "title" : "myxa", "tree" : "1" }, "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "myxa", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang" : "la-vul" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "mesche", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "mèche", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "mecha", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" }" data-lang="es" data-title="mecha"> Possibly borrowed from French mèche. Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} mecha f (plural mechas)
  1. wick, fuse Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-mecha-es-noun-75gHaOO7
  2. lock (length of hair) Tags: feminine Synonyms: bucle
    Sense id: en-mecha-es-noun-MYYa-Sbk Categories (other): Hair Disambiguation of Hair: 0 51 0 0 49 0
  3. (in the plural, hair) highlights Tags: feminine, in-plural Synonyms: rizo
    Sense id: en-mecha-es-noun-i64J5xU0 Categories (other): Pages with etymon, Pages with etymology trees, Spanish entries with etymology texts, Spanish entries with etymology trees, Spanish entries with etymon Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 7 18 7 7 7 33 21 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 11 11 49 30 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymology texts: 11 11 49 30 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymology trees: 11 11 49 30 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymon: 10 10 49 30
  4. (Argentina) drill bit Tags: Argentina, feminine
    Sense id: en-mecha-es-noun-EM3Ee0GH Categories (other): Argentine Spanish
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: a toda mecha, llave de mecha, mecha de lado, mecha de seguridad, mechero, mechón, mechudo Related terms: espoleta, fusible
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈmet͡ʃa/, [ˈme.t͡ʃa]
Rhymes: -etʃa Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} mecha
  1. inflection of mechar:
    third-person singular present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: mechar
    Sense id: en-mecha-es-verb-IUbK4Uj3 Categories (other): Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Hair Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 21 1 1 14 1 1 19 1 1 1 14 2 1 1 2 2 17 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 1 0 12 0 0 16 0 1 0 20 2 0 0 1 1 24 2 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 6 4 70 13 Disambiguation of Hair: 0 51 0 0 49 0
  2. inflection of mechar:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: mechar
    Sense id: en-mecha-es-verb-d4Lm5fwe
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "a toda mecha"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "llave de mecha"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mecha de lado"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mecha de seguridad"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mechero"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mechón"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mechudo"
    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    }
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          "wick",
          "wick"
        ],
        [
          "fuse",
          "fuse"
        ]
      ],
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        "feminine"
      ]
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        "lock (length of hair)"
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
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      "qualifier": "hair",
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        "(in the plural, hair) highlights"
      ],
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          "word": "rizo"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "in-plural"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Argentine Spanish",
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          "source": "w"
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        "drill bit"
      ],
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        [
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      ],
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        "(Argentina) drill bit"
      ],
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        "Argentina",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmet͡ʃa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈme.t͡ʃa]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-etʃa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mecha"
}

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        "1": "es",
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      },
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      "name": "head"
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    {
      "parts": [
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      ]
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          "mechar",
          "mechar#Spanish"
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          "mechar",
          "mechar#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmet͡ʃa/"
    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈme.t͡ʃa]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-etʃa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mecha"
}
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      "ipa": "/ˈmet͡ʃa/"
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      "ipa": "[ˈme.t͡ʃa]"
    },
    {
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    }
  ],
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      "rhymes": "-etʃa"
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  ],
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Spanish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (d6fca27 and 65e1673). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.