The story
- Spanish · borrowed fromresaca
- English todayresaca
From Spanish resaca, probably from resacar (“retake”), though possibly from rio seco (“dry river”) instead.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
resaca
Today it means: A dry river bed, a former channel of the Rio Grande, found in the southern half of Cameron County, Texas and deep into northeastern portions of the State of Tamaulipas, Mexico. Full definition →
Spanish resaca