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cha-cha

cha-cha

See also: chacha and cha cha

English

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

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt̪ʃɑˌt̪ʃɑː/
  • Hyphenation: cha‧cha

Alternative forms

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
instructive cha-chain
abessive cha-chatta cha-chaitta
comitative cha-chaineen