chupacabras
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English
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Etymology
[edit]From Spanish chupa (“it sucks”) + cabras (“goats”).
Noun
[edit]chupacabras (plural chupacabras)
- (cryptozoology) A legendary creature in the folklore of parts of the Americas dating from the 1990s, supposed to attack and drink the blood of livestock, especially goats.
Quotations
[edit]- For quotations using this term, see Citations:chupacabras.
Translations
[edit]mythical Western legend
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Noun
[edit]chupacabras
- plural of chupacabra
Spanish
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Etymology
[edit]Verb-object compound, composed of chupa (“to suck”) + cabras (“goats”), literally “goatsucker”.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /t͡ʃupaˈkabɾas/ [t͡ʃu.paˈka.β̞ɾas]
Audio (Spain): (file) - Rhymes: -abɾas
- Syllabification: chu‧pa‧ca‧bras
Noun
[edit]chupacabras m (plural chupacabras)
Descendants
[edit]- → English: chupacabra, chupacabras
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “chupacabras”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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