chachalaca
Spanish, noun/t͡ʃat͡ʃaˈlaka/
chachalaca is spelled C-H-A-C-H-A-L-A-C-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish, the 128,005th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chachalaca is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “chachalaca (a type of bird)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does chachalaca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininechachalaca (a type of bird)
- 2
Mexicocolloquialfemininebabbler, yapper
- 3
colloquialfemininechatter
- 4
colloquialfemininechatty (said of a person)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of chachalaca
- chachalacas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chachalaca?
- /t͡ʃat͡ʃaˈlaka/
- [t͡ʃa.t͡ʃaˈla.ka]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chachalaca in Spanish?
chachalaca appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).