chachachá

See also: chachacha, cha-cha-cha, and cha cha cha

English

Noun

chachachá (plural chachachás)

Synonym of cha-cha

Portuguese

Alternative forms

chá-chá-chá

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chachachá.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌʃaˌʃaˈʃa/, /ˌt͡ʃaˌt͡ʃaˈt͡ʃa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌʃaˌʃaˈʃa/, /ˌt͡ʃaˌt͡ʃaˈt͡ʃa/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌt͡ʃaˌt͡ʃaˈt͡ʃa/

Hyphenation: cha‧cha‧chá

Noun

chachachá m (plural chachachás)

cha-cha (dance)

Spanish

Etymology

Imitative of the music

Noun

chachachá m (plural chachachás)

cha-cha (dance)
cha-cha (music)

Further reading

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

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