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

This time the bill consisted of a comedy, Der Weiberseind von Benedix, followed by a cachucha and a fandango with Herr Opsermann for a dancing-partner.

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

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

My, but you've got that cachucha down to a science; bred, though, I guess, in your little Spanish feet.

From The Rim of the Desert by Anderson, Ada Woodruff

As for El Oleano, this is a sort of cachucha; and it certainly gives Donna Lola Montez an opportunity of introducing herself to the public under a very captivating aspect....

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