cachucha

American  

[kuh-choo-chuh, kah-choo-chah] / kəˈtʃu tʃə, kɑˈtʃu tʃɑ /

noun

plural

cachuchas

1. an Andalusian dance resembling the bolero.

2. the music for this dance.

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cachucha British  

/ kəˈtʃuːtʃə /

noun

1. a graceful Spanish solo dance in triple time

2. music composed for this dance

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Etymology

Origin of cachucha

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

Example Sentences

After the cachucha is simmered until soft, the bones are removed.

From Time Magazine Archive

The cachucha is a beautiful dance when rightly done.

From The Westerners by White, Stewart Edward

So good-bye, cachucha, fandango, bolero— We'll dance a farewell to that measure— Old Xeres, adieu—Manzanilla—Montero— We leave you with feelings of pleasure!

From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir

There, under expert tuition, she learned to rattle the castanets, and practised the bolero and the cachucha, as well as the classic arabesques and entrechats and the technique accompanying them.

From The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert by Wyndham, Horace

The sermon may dwell on the future,     The organ your pulses may calm— When—pest!—that remember'd cachucha     Upsets both the sermon and psalm!

From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe by Parton, James