cha-cha

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Cuban/Latin American Spanish cha-cha, imitative of the music. ==== Noun ==== cha-cha (plural cha-chas) (dance) A ballroom dance to a Latin American rhythm. (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) (intransitive) To dance the cha-cha. ===== Synonyms ===== cha-cha-cha ==== References ==== John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “cha-cha”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== cha-cha (plural cha-chas) (Philippines, politics, colloquial) Abbreviation of charter change. == Finnish == === Alternative forms === cha-cha-cha, cha cha cha, cha cha === Etymology === From Spanish cha-cha. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtʃɑtʃɑ(ː)/, [ˈt̪ʃɑ̝t̪ʃɑ̝(ː)] Rhymes: -ɑtʃɑ Syllabification(key): cha‧cha Hyphenation(key): cha‧cha === Noun === cha-cha cha-cha (ballroom dance to a Latin American rhythm) ==== Declension ==== == Swedish == === Noun === cha-cha c (dance) cha-cha ==== Declension ==== === References === “cha-cha”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “cha-cha”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)