cháchara
Spanish, noun
cháchara is spelled C-H-Á-C-H-A-R-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 59,847th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cháchara is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “chatter, babble” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, chachará is a different word: “third-person singular future indicative of chachar”. Without its accent, chachara is a different word: “first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of chachar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Conversación sin sustancia”.
What does cháchara mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininechatter, babble
- 2
femininesmall talk, chit-chat, chit-chatting
verb
- 1
third-person singular future indicative of chachar
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of chachar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Conversación sin sustancia. 2. Exceso de palabras sin oficio o utilidad. 3. Artículo sin valor o importancia. 4. Dicho o acción para hacer reír.
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 cháchara
- chácharas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to cháchara
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cháchara in Spanish?
cháchara appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).