Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An Andalusian solo dance in 3/4 time, usually accompanied by the playing of castanets.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A Spanish dance similar to the bolero.
  • noun A musical piece in triple rhythm, like the bolero.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun An Andalusian dance in three-four time, resembling the bolero.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A dance, in triple time and related to the flamenco and fandango, from Andalusia

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Spanish, small boat, cachucha, possibly from diminutive of cacho, shard, saucepan, probably from Vulgar Latin *cacculus, alteration of Latin caccabus, pot, from Greek kakkabos, probably of Semitic origin; akin to Akkadian kukkubu, a small container.]

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word cachucha.

Examples

  • I was in love with the heroine, the lovely dancer whose 'cachucha' turned my head, along with that of the cardinal, but whose name even I have forgotten, and I went about with the thought of her burning in my heart, as if she had been a real person.

    Literature and Life (Complete) William Dean Howells 1878

  • I was in love with the heroine, the lovely dancer whose 'cachucha' turned my head, along with that of the cardinal, but whose name even I have forgotten, and I went about with the thought of her burning in my heart, as if she had been a real person.

    My Literary Passions William Dean Howells 1878

  • "cachucha," or the Sylphide or the Revolte du Serail with Taglioni.

    Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville Prince De Joinville 1859

  • Can't Post | Private Reply cachucha - Prenda de vestir, generalmente de tela y con visera, con que se cubre la cabeza.

    Gorro 2007

  • Can't Post | Private Reply cachucha - Prenda de vestir, generalmente de tela y con visera, con que se cubre la cabeza.

    Gorro 2007

  • Can't Post | Private Reply cachucha - Prenda de vestir, generalmente de tela y con visera, con que se cubre la cabeza.

    Gorro 2007

  • This is not as inauthentic as it sounds, actually, because the habanero is a close relative of Cuban sweet peppers ají dulce, a.k.a. ají cachucha.

    arroz con pollo | smitten kitchen 2007

  • Two juicy chicken sausages and breaded cachucha peppers stuffed with melted cheese completed the picture.

    Dining out with Moira Hodgson 2003

  • 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 ....

    The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert Horace Wyndham

  • 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.

    The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert Horace Wyndham

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.

  • Quick Spanish dance, with castanet accompaniment. (Luciferous Logolepsy)

    May 18, 2008