cha-cha

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See also: chacha and cha cha

English

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Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

Noun

cha-cha (plural cha-chas)

  1. (Philippines, politics, colloquial) Abbreviation of charter change.

Finnish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Spanish cha-cha.

Pronunciation

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
abessive cha-chatta cha-chaitta
instructive cha-chain
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of cha-cha (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative cha-chani cha-chani
accusative nom. cha-chani cha-chani
gen. cha-chani
genitive cha-chani cha-chaideni
cha-chaitteni
partitive cha-chatani cha-chaitani
inessive cha-chassani cha-chaissani
elative cha-chastani cha-chaistani
illative cha-chahani cha-chaihini
adessive cha-challani cha-chaillani
ablative cha-chaltani cha-chailtani
allative cha-challeni cha-chailleni
essive cha-chanani cha-chainani
translative cha-chakseni cha-chaikseni
abessive cha-chattani cha-chaittani
instructive
comitative cha-chaineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative cha-chasi cha-chasi
accusative nom. cha-chasi cha-chasi
gen. cha-chasi
genitive cha-chasi cha-chaidesi
cha-chaittesi
partitive cha-chatasi cha-chaitasi
inessive cha-chassasi cha-chaissasi
elative cha-chastasi cha-chaistasi
illative cha-chahasi cha-chaihisi
adessive cha-challasi cha-chaillasi
ablative cha-chaltasi cha-chailtasi
allative cha-challesi cha-chaillesi
essive cha-chanasi cha-chainasi
translative cha-chaksesi cha-chaiksesi
abessive cha-chattasi cha-chaittasi
instructive
comitative cha-chainesi
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative cha-channe cha-channe
accusative nom. cha-channe cha-channe
gen. cha-channe
genitive cha-channe cha-chaidenne
cha-chaittenne
partitive cha-chatanne cha-chaitanne
inessive cha-chassanne cha-chaissanne
elative cha-chastanne cha-chaistanne
illative cha-chahanne cha-chaihinne
adessive cha-challanne cha-chaillanne
ablative cha-chaltanne cha-chailtanne
allative cha-challenne cha-chaillenne
essive cha-chananne cha-chainanne
translative cha-chaksenne cha-chaiksenne
abessive cha-chattanne cha-chaittanne
instructive
comitative cha-chainenne

Swedish

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Noun

cha-cha c

  1. (dance) cha-cha

Declension

Declension of cha-cha
nominative genitive
singular indefinite cha-cha cha-chas
definite cha-chan cha-chans
plural indefinite
definite

References