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.

---

cachucha British  

/ kəˈtʃuːtʃə /

noun

1. a graceful Spanish solo dance in triple time

2. music composed for this dance

---

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 music of the cachucha is played, and the dance begins.

From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

The Cancan has taken its place on the boards of every stage in the city, apparently to stay; and the exquisite jota and cachucha are giving way to the bestialities of the casino cadet.

From Castilian Days by Hay, John

The young girl, her cheeks burning, stepped into the centre of the ring and struck the first graceful pose of the cachucha, learned years before at the Agency from a little Mexican serving-maid.

From The Westerners by White, Stewart Edward

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