chicharra
Spanish, noun
chicharra is spelled C-H-I-C-H-A-R-R-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 84,644th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chicharra is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “cicada” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of chicharrar. With an accent, chicharrá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of chicharrar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Variante de cigarra”.
What does chicharra mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecicada
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of chicharrar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante de cigarra. 2. Juguete que usan los niños por Navidad, y consiste generalmente en un canuto corto, tapado por uno de sus extremos con un pergamino estirado, en cuyo centro se coloca una cerda o una hebra de seda encerada. Pasando por ellas los dedos, hace un ruido tan desapacible como el canto de la cigarra. 3. Persona muy habladora. 4. Alarma sonora, sobre todo cuando es muy ruidosa.
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 chicharra
- chicharras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to chicharra
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chicharra in Spanish?
chicharra appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).