- a variation of cha-cha.
cha-cha-cha
Britishnoun
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a Latin-American ballroom dance with small steps and swaying hip movements
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a piece of music composed for this dance
verb
Etymology
Origin of cha-cha-cha
C20: from American (Cuban) Spanish
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The invigorating brass or woody bass of salsa, son and cha-cha-cha are all but gone.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
The sultry “Hard Times” combines a slow cha-cha-cha rhythm with strings, horns, electric keyboards and a reverb-heavy bass.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Shally Ung spun her dance partners, Soo Wong and Sally, across the tile floor, leading them in the cha-cha-cha and rhumba on a recent Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2023
By 1973, Goodman and Cherry were driving thousands of miles a year, demonstrating the cha-cha-cha and rumba to amateur classes the length and breadth of the country.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2023
“It’s a nice beat—one, two...s-l-o-w-l-y...and then cha-cha-cha real quick. Your mother and I used to dance the cha-cha-cha all the time in Cuba.”
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
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