hacha
Meanings
Noun
1. axe, hatchet (tool for felling trees or chopping wood)
2. ace, wizard (someone who is especially skilled or unusually talented in a particular field) (colloquial)
3. a kind of torch or large candle (often with four sticks)
4. a kind of wick or fuse (often made with esparto grass and tar), which does not go out easily in the wind
5. bundle of straw tied up like a strip and often used to help cover huts or other field constructions
Examples11
Cortamos árboles con un hacha.
We cut trees with an axe.
Él derribó el gran árbol con un hacha.
He cut down the big tree with an ax.
el hacha, las hachas
the axe, the axes
El canadiense taló el árbol con un hacha.
The Canadian chopped down the tree with an ax.
El árbol fue talado con un fuerte golpe de su hacha.
The tree was felled with one hard blow of his ax.
¿No es hora de que entierren ustedes el hacha de guerra y olviden el pasado?
Isn't it about time you guys buried the hatchet and let bygones be bygones?