cachucha

[ kuh-choo-chuh; Spanish kah-choo-chah ]

noun

, plural ca·chu·chas [k, uh, -, choo, -ch, uh, z, kah-, choo, -chahs].

1. an Andalusian dance resembling the bolero.
2. the music for this dance.

cachucha

/ kəˈtʃuːtʃə /

noun

1. a graceful Spanish solo dance in triple time
2. music composed for this dance

Word History and Origins

Origin of cachucha¹

1830–40; < Spanish: perhaps literally, fragment; of obscure origin

Word History and Origins

Origin of cachucha¹

C19: from Spanish

Example Sentences

The treasures from the past are especially fine, including Elssler’s full-skirted, pink and black Spanish-inspired dress from her most famous dance, the Cachucha; a Ballets Russes harem-pants ensemble by Leon Bakst from “Scheherazade,” and a stunning 1930s evening gown by Elsa Schiaparelli in pale blue-gray, with a red and orange lining that would peek out when the wearer walked.

From Washington Post

Eleanor could only blow a kiss to express what Viola's cachucha was.

From Project Gutenberg

She danced the ‘Cachucha’ in the comedy, Der Weiberfeind von Benedix, and danced the ‘Fandango’ with Herr Opfermann in the entr’acte of the play Müller und Miller.

From Project Gutenberg

But the young man crumpled them up together and thrust them into his pocket; then, hurriedly breaking the seal of the other one, which the messenger had in his right hand, he stepped aside to read it unobserved, while Sans-Cravate whistled a cachucha between his teeth.

From Project Gutenberg

Mademoiselle Laura was the tall young woman we have mentioned; as she worked and talked, she kept her hips in motion as if she were dancing the cachucha.

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