chacra

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃa.kɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃa.kɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃa.kɾa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃa.kɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃa.kɾɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃa.kɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -akɾɐ
• Hyphenation: cha‧cra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit चक्र (cakrá, “wheel, circle, point”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos (“circle, wheel”). Doublet of ciclo.

Alternative forms

• chakra

Noun

chacra m (plural chacras)

1. (Hinduism, Ayurveda) chakra (spiritual energy nexus)

Etymology 2

Noun

chacra f (plural chacras)

1. alternative form of chácara

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃakɾa/ [ˈt͡ʃa.kɾa]

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• Rhymes: -akɾa
• Syllabification: cha‧cra
• Homophone: chakra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Quechua chakra.

Noun

chacra f (plural chacras) (Latin America)

1. (South America) small farm
2. (South America) field used for cultivation
3. (Bolivia) small maize farm
4. (Honduras) rustic house

See also

• campo m
• estancia f
• finca f
• granja f
• hacienda f
• pago m

Etymology 2

Noun

chacra m (plural chacras)

1. alternative spelling of chakra

Further reading

• “chacra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “chacra”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• “chacra”, in Tesoro de los diccionarios históricos de la lengua española [Thesaurus of the Historical Dictionaries of the Spanish Language], Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2021
• “chacra”, in Diccionario del español de México, Segunda edición, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, 2019
• Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “chacra”, in Diccionario del español actual (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA