catchup

See ketchup § Etymology.

catchup (countable and uncountable, plural catchups)

1. ketchup: Alternative form of catsup.

Deverbal from catch up.

catchup (countable and uncountable, plural catchups)

1. Alternative spelling of catch-up.

catchup m (plural catchups)

1. (uncommon) alternative spelling of ketchup

• “catchup”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Unadapted borrowing from English catchup.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkat͡ʃop/ [ˈka.t͡ʃop]
  • Rhymes: -atʃop
• IPA^(key): /ˈkat͡ʃap/ [ˈka.t͡ʃap]
  • Rhymes: -atʃap
• IPA^(key): /katˈt͡ʃup/ [kat̚ˈt͡ʃup]
  • Rhymes: -up
• Syllabification: cat‧chup

catchup m (plural catchups)

1. alternative form of ketchup

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

• Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “catchup”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]