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chicha

/ˈt͡ʃiːt͡ʃə/

chicha noun: a fermented beverage from South and Central America, most commonly made from maize, grapes or apples.

Noun (1)

chicha (countable and uncountable, plural chichas)

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

Noun (2)

chicha (uncountable)

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

Forms of chicha

pluralchichas

Origin of chicha

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

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

Questions about chicha

What does chicha mean?
Chicha means a fermented beverage from South and Central America, most commonly made from maize, grapes or apples.
What part of speech is chicha?
Chicha is a noun.
How do you pronounce chicha?
Chicha is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃiːt͡ʃə/.
What is the plural of chicha?
The plural of chicha is chichas.

Words near chicha in the dictionary

  1. chiccories
  2. chiccory
  3. chicer
  4. chicest
  5. chich
  6. chicha
  7. Chichagof
  8. Chicham
  9. chicharron
  10. chicharrones
  11. chicharrons

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Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chicha.wav.

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