gacha

• (toy; vending machine) gachapon, gashapon

Japanese ガチャ, shortened form of ガチャポン.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑː.t͡ʃə/
• Homophone: gotcha (some dialects)

gacha (countable and uncountable, plural gachas)

1. A small toy sold in a plastic capsule in a vending machine, especially toys sold in or associated with Japan.
   • 2018, Ennio De Nucci and Adam Kramarzewski, Practical Game Design‎, page 54:

     Gacha, from the Japanese word gachapon, refers to capsules sold in vending machines and containing random toys inside

2. The vending machine that sells such toys.
   • 2018 October 24, Oona McGee, “Pokemon cosplay for cats”, in Japan Today‎:

     And if you’re looking for something that’s cute, compact, and affordable, you can’t go past the country’s gacha capsule toy vending machines.

3. (video games) A mechanism in certain video games, especially mobile games, whereby in-game items or characters are purchased randomly with real or in-game money.
   • 2018, Ennio De Nucci and Adam Kramarzewski, Practical Game Design‎, page 394:

     Since a loot table with ten rewards won’t last for long, the very first step in gacha design is to ensure that you have enough content to make gacha a viable monetization strategy.

4. (video games) A game which features this mechanic as its central feature.

• (video games): loot box

Chinese 嘎查 (gāchá)

gacha

1. A village-level administrative division in Inner Mongolia.

• chaga

• Homophones: gachas, gachât

gacha

1. third-person singular past historic of gacher

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.xa/
• Rhymes: -axa
• Syllabification: ga‧cha

gacha m pers or m anim

1. genitive/accusative singular of gach

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡat͡ʃa/ [ˈɡa.t͡ʃa]

• Audio (Spain)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -atʃa
• Syllabification: ga‧cha

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gacha f (plural gachas)

1. liquid mass
2. (in the plural) porridge, gruel, mush

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

gacha

1. feminine singular of gacho

• “gacha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaχa/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaːχa/, /ˈɡaχa/

gacha

1. Soft mutation of cacha.