chachachá

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

English

Noun

chachachá (plural chachachás)

1. 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/

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

• Hyphenation: cha‧cha‧chá

Noun

chachachá m (plural chachachás)

1. cha-cha (dance)

Spanish

Etymology

Imitative of the music

Noun

chachachá m (plural chachachás)

1. cha-cha (dance)
2. cha-cha (music)

Further reading

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