checa

See also: checá, chéca, and chèca

Asturian

Adjective

checa

1. feminine singular of checu

Galician

Adjective

checa f sg

1. feminine singular of checo

Noun

checa f (plural checas)

1. female equivalent of checo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛ.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛ.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛ.ka/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛ.kɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛ.kɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛ.kɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
• Hyphenation: che‧ca

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

checa

1. feminine singular of checo

Noun

checa f (plural checas)

1. female equivalent of checo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

checa

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃeka/ [ˈt͡ʃe.ka]
• Rhymes: -eka
• Syllabification: che‧ca

Etymology 1

From the feminine of checo.

Noun

checa f (plural checas)

1. female equivalent of checo

Adjective

checa

1. feminine singular of checo

Etymology 2

From the pronunciation of the initial letters ЧК (ČK) in Чрезвычайная комиссия (Črezvyčajnaja komissija).

Proper noun

checa f

1. the former Russian secret police (1917–1922)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

checa

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

Further reading

• “checa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025