cha-cha

cha-cha

See also: chacha and cha cha

English

Etymology

From Cuban/Latin American Spanish cha-cha, imitative of the music.

Noun

cha-cha (plural cha-chas)

1. (dance) A ballroom dance to a Latin American rhythm.
2. (music) The music for this dance.

Translations

ballroom dance

Chinese: Mandarin: 恰恰舞 (qiàqiàwǔ) Czech: čača (cs) f Finnish: cha-cha, cha-cha-cha French: Cha-cha-chá m German: Cha-Cha-Cha (de) m Italian: cha cha cha (it) m Japanese: チャチャチャ (chachacha), チャチャ (chacha) Korean: 차차차 (ko) (chachacha) Macedonian: ча-ча-ча f (ča-ča-ča) Marathi: चाचाचा m (cācācā) Portuguese: tcha-tcha-tchá Russian: ча-ча-ча́ (ru) m (ča-ča-čá) Spanish: chachachá (es) Swedish: cha-cha-cha (sv) c, cha-cha (sv) c Tagalog: tsatsa

music

Chinese: Mandarin: 恰恰音樂／恰恰音乐 (qiàqià yīnyuè) Finnish: cha-cha, cha-cha-cha Macedonian: ча-ча-ча f (ča-ča-ča) Marathi: चाचाचा n (cācācā) Russian: ча-ча-ча́ (ru) m (ča-ča-čá) Spanish: chachachá (es)

Verb

cha-cha (third-person singular simple present cha-chas, present participle cha-chaing, simple past and past participle cha-chaed)

1. (intransitive) To dance the cha-cha.

Synonyms

• cha-cha-cha

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989

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Finnish

Alternative forms

• cha-cha-cha, cha cha cha, cha cha

Etymology

From Spanish cha-cha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɑtʃɑ(ː)/, [ˈt̪ʃɑt̪ʃɑ(ː)]
• Syllabification^(key): cha‧cha

Noun

cha-cha

1. cha-cha (ballroom dance to a Latin American rhythm)

Declension

Inflection of cha-cha (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
nominative		cha-cha	cha-chat
genitive		cha-chan	cha-chaiden cha-chaitten
partitive		cha-chata	cha-chaita
illative		cha-chahan	cha-chaihin
		singular	plural
nominative		cha-cha	cha-chat
accusative	nom.	cha-cha	cha-chat
	gen.	cha-chan
genitive		cha-chan	cha-chaiden cha-chaitten
partitive		cha-chata	cha-chaita
inessive		cha-chassa	cha-chaissa
elative		cha-chasta	cha-chaista
illative		cha-chahan	cha-chaihin
adessive		cha-challa	cha-chailla
ablative		cha-chalta	cha-chailta
allative		cha-challe	cha-chaille
essive		cha-chana	cha-chaina
translative		cha-chaksi	cha-chaiksi
instructive		—	cha-chain
abessive		cha-chatta	cha-chaitta
comitative		—	cha-chaineen

Possessive forms of cha-cha (type rosé)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	cha-chani	cha-chamme
2nd person	cha-chasi	cha-channe
3rd person	cha-chansa