chacha

Borrowed from Georgian ჭაჭა (č̣ač̣a).

A Georgian woman holding chacha (beverage)

chacha (countable and uncountable, plural chachas)

1. A traditional Georgian clear strong liquor distilled from pomace.

   Synonyms: Georgian brandy, Georgian vodka, grape vodka, vine vodka

chacha (plural chachas)

1. (music) A type of cylindrical metal rattle, derived from an instrument in the Haitian musical tradition, and used to play rhythm in certain Cuban genres (and in other nearby countries).
   • 2012, Joan Bouza Koster, Growing Artists: Teaching the Arts to Young Children, Cengage Learning, →ISBN, page 299:

     Display rhythm instruments from other cultures, such as Tibetan singing bowls; carved frog and cricket wood rasps from Indonesia; rain sticks and goat hoof chachas rattles from Bolivia; the telavi from Ghana; and woven shakers from Africa, Brazil, and India.

There is also an unrelated Cuban genre of music called cha-cha.

From Hindi चाचा (cācā).

chacha (plural chachas)

1. (India) An uncle, especially one's father's younger brother.
   • 1958, The Illustrated Weekly of India:

     "Mama!" shouted Papi running forward, dragging Kaku along with him. Well, you can just imagine the happy scene! […] Looking across the courtyard he caught his chacha's eyes and they smiled and twinkled at him in secret understanding.

   • 2011, Sonia Golani, Corporate Divas, Penguin UK, →ISBN:

     She also admires her chachas—Sajjan's engineering bent of mind, Ratan's financial acumen and Naveen's abilities as a great communicator.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:chacha.

chacha

1. man, husband

• "chacha" in Diccionario Aymara-Español

Borrowed from Wastek tsatsa'.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaˈt͡ʃa/

chacha

1. pitahaya.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.ʃa/

chacha m (plural chachas)

1. (Louisiana, Cajun) squash

From Hindi चाचा (cācā).

• IPA^(key): /tʃatʃa/

chacha

1. uncle

   Synonyms: mama, tonton

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃat͡ʃa/ [ˈt͡ʃa.t͡ʃa]

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• Rhymes: -atʃa
• Syllabification: cha‧cha

Shortened form of muchacha.

chacha f (plural chachas)

1. female equivalent of chacho (“kid”)

chacha f (plural chachas)

1. (derogatory) maid; cleaning lady (female servant or cleaner)

   Synonyms: domestica, empleada, empleada doméstica

Shortened from chachaguato (“twins”), possibly from Classical Nahuatl chachahuatl, from chacha (“gizzard”) + coatl (“twin”).

chacha f (plural chachas)

1. (in the plural, Honduras) handcuffs

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

chacha

1. inflection of chachar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “chacha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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-chacha (infinitive kuchacha)

1. to ferment, turn sour