cucaracha

Borrowed from Spanish cucaracha (“cockroach”). Doublet of cockroach.

cucaracha (plural cucarachas)

1. A Mexican ballroom and nightclub dance.

Borrowed from Spanish cucaracha.

• IPA^(key): /kukaˈɾat͡ʃa/ [ku.kaˈɾa.t͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -atʃa
• Syllabification: cu‧ca‧ra‧cha

cucaracha f (plural cucaraches)

1. (zoology) cockroach (insect)

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish cucaracha.

• IPA^(key): /ku.kaˈra.t͡ʃa/
• Rhymes: -atʃa
• Hyphenation: cu‧ca‧rà‧cha

cucaracha f (uncountable)

1. cucaracha (Mexican dance)

• cucaracha in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

From cuca (“butterfly caterpillar”), itself of onomatopoeic origin.

• IPA^(key): /kukaˈɾat͡ʃa/ [ku.kaˈɾa.t͡ʃa]

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• Rhymes: -atʃa
• Syllabification: cu‧ca‧ra‧cha

cucaracha f (plural cucarachas)

1. cockroach

   Synonym: barata (Chile)

• “cucaracha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024