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chachachá

Spanish, noun[t͡ʃat͡ʃaˈt͡ʃa]

chachachá is spelled C-H-A-C-H-A-C-H-Á (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 119,889th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chachachá is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cha-cha (dance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Danza y ritmo musical de origen cubano, con características similares a las del danzón y el mambo”.

What does chachachá mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinecha-cha (dance)

  2. 2

    masculinecha-cha (music)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Danza y ritmo musical de origen cubano, con características similares a las del danzón y el mambo.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of chachachá

  • chachachás plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce chachachá?

  • [t͡ʃat͡ʃaˈt͡ʃa]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is chachachá in Spanish?

chachachá appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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