- 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
Its opening riffs are based on the Cuban bassist Israel “Cachao” López’s classic “Chanchullo,” and the track is formally a cha-cha-cha that celebrates dance floor flirting.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2023
"Daniel and I were at the back looking at each other. The cha-cha-cha was like a what-what-what? It was a nightmare," she says.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2015
I choose one of my favorite pictures to send to Caro—a picture of Mami and Papi dancing the cha-cha-cha.
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
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