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

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

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

Cachucha, kach′ōōch-a, n. a lively Spanish dance.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

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