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cha-cha

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.40 in modern English

Syllables
cha-cha
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A ballroom dance to a Latin American rhythm.

noun

The music for this dance.

verb

To dance the cha-cha.

Intransitive verb

noun

Abbreviation of charter change.

Colloquial

Etymology

From Cuban/Latin American Spanish cha-cha, imitative of the music.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

cha-chas (plural) cha-chas (present, singular) cha-chaing (participle, present) cha-chaed (participle, past) cha-chaed (past)

Synonyms

cha-cha-cha

Questions

What does cha-cha mean?
A ballroom dance to a Latin American rhythm.
Where does cha-cha come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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