chicharra

== Galician == === Etymology === Ultimately from Latin cicāda. Compare Spanish chicharra. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃarɐ] === Noun === chicharra f (plural chicharras) cicada Synonyms: carricanta, cantariña === References === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chicharra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “chicharra”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chicharra”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃara/ [t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃa.ra] Rhymes: -ara Syllabification: chi‧cha‧rra === Etymology 1 === From an older *chicarra, borrowed from an unattested Mozarabic descendant of Vulgar Latin *cicār(r)a, from Latin cicāda. Doublet of cigarra, the native outcome. ==== Noun ==== chicharra f (plural chicharras) cicada Synonym: cigarra === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== chicharra inflection of chicharrar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === References === Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “cigarra”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 73 === Further reading === “chicharra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025