chachachá
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)
Further reading
- “chachachá”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024