chica

Borrowed from Spanish chica (“girl”).

chica (plural chicas)

1. (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."

chica (uncountable)

1. An orange-red dyestuff obtained by boiling the leaves of the bignonia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃika/ [ˈt͡ʃi.ka]

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• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: chi‧ca

chica f (plural chicas)

1. female equivalent of chico: girl
2. (colloquial) gal, chick

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.

• chica trans

chica

1. feminine singular of chico

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