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Definitions and meaning of chicha

chicha

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃiːt͡ʃə/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish chicha, from Kuna chichab (“corn”).

Noun

chicha (countable and uncountable, plural chichas)

1. A fermented beverage from South and Central America, most commonly made from maize, grapes or apples.

Etymology 2

From a popular song entitled La Chichera (“the chicha seller”), referring to the fermented beverage.

Noun

chicha (uncountable)

1. (music) A genre of popular Peruvian music related to cumbia and native Peruvian huayno.

Further reading

• chicha on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Peruvian cumbia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Chachi

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃi.ʃa/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Egyptian Arabic شيشة (šīša), from Turkish şişe, from Persian شیشه (šiša, “glass, mirror”).

Noun

chicha f (plural chichas)

1. shisha

   Coordinate term: narguilé

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish chicha, from Kuna chichab (“corn”).

Noun

chicha f (plural chichas)

1. chicha

Further reading

• “chicha”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Alternative forms

• xixa (Eastern Galician)

Etymology

Attested since circa 1750. Related to Spanish chicha, Italian ciccia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃit͡ʃa/ [ˈt͡ʃi.t͡ʃɐ]
• Rhymes: -itʃa
• Hyphenation: chi‧cha

Noun

chicha f (plural chichas)

1. meat

   Synonyms: carne, freba

2. mincemeat

   Synonym: zorza

3. (figurative) flesh

Related terms

• chichar

References

• “chicha” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “chicha” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “chicha” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃit͡ʃa/ [ˈt͡ʃi.t͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -itʃa
• Syllabification: chi‧cha

Etymology 1

Probably from Latin īnsicia, from previous Latin īnsicium (“sausage”), seemingly from in- (“in-”) +‎ secō (“to cut”) +‎ -ium (“nominal suffix”); compare Italian ciccia. Alternatively, from the same origin as jija or jeja (“mincemeat”) from Proto-Celtic *sassia; compare Catalan xeixa.

Noun

chicha f (plural chichas)

1. (colloquial, Spain) meat; flesh (culinary term)
2. (vulgar) boob (female breast)

Related terms

References

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Kuna chichab (“corn”).

Noun

chicha f (plural chichas)

1. chicha (fermented beverage, most commonly made from maize, grapes or apples)
2. (Panama, Peru) juice, soft drink

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

chicha

1. inflection of chichar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “chicha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Zulu

Verb

-chicha

1. (intransitive) to ooze out

Inflection

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “chicha”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “chicha (6.3)”