repechaje

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French repêchage, from repêcher (“to fish out, rescue from water”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /repeˈt͡ʃaxe/ [re.peˈt͡ʃa.xe]
Rhymes: -axe
Syllabification: re‧pe‧cha‧je

Noun

repechaje m (plural repechajes)

(sports, soccer, Latin America) repechage
Synonym: (Argentina, Spain) repesca

Further reading

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

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