chica
See also: Chica, chico, and chiça
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish chica (“girl”).
Noun
chica (plural chicas)
- (Canada, US, informal) A Latin-American girl; a Latina.
- 2005, Magnolia Belle, Black Wolf: Lakota Man:
- "But, I thought you wanted to come with us. There are some hot chicas just waiting for the Black Wolf boys."
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Noun
chica (uncountable)
- An orange-red dyestuff obtained by boiling the leaves of the bignonia.
See also
- bow chica wow wow
- bow-chica-wow-wow
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃika/ [ˈt͡ʃi.ka]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -ika
- Syllabification: chi‧ca
Noun
chica f (plural chicas)
- female equivalent of chico: girl
- (colloquial) gal, chick
Usage notes
The noun chico is like most Spanish nouns with a human referent. The masculine forms are used when the referent is known to be male, a group of males, a group of mixed or unknown gender, or an individual of unknown or unspecified gender. The feminine forms are used if the referent is known to be female or a group of females.
Derived terms
- chica trans
Adjective
chica
- feminine singular of chico
Further reading
- “chico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014