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

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

References
  • OED 2nd edition 1989

Finnish

Alternative forms

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
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