cha-cha
cha-cha — noun
- cha-chasingular
- cha-chasplural
1. a lively ballroom dance from Latin America, done with quick three-step movements
a lively ballroom dance from Latin America, done with quick three-step movements and a side-to-side sway of the hips; also, the music composed for this dance
Fatima and her partner danced the cha-cha at the wedding reception last Saturday.
collocation: dance the cha-cha
The band opened the evening with a fast cha-cha that filled the dance floor.
a cha-cha as a piece of music
Dmitri has been taking cha-cha lessons at the community centre near his flat.
Keiko swayed her hips to the cha-cha beat while her friends cheered and clapped.
Olu's grandmother remembers every cha-cha tune she danced to in her youth.
- cha-cha-cha
the full, formal name of the dance; used in official competition contexts
文法句型
dance the cha-cha
cha-cha + noun (cha-cha music, cha-cha beat)
a cha-cha (a piece of cha-cha music)
用法筆記
The full name is 'cha-cha-cha' — the three syllables mimic the 'one-two-cha-cha-cha' rhythm of the dancers' feet. In everyday speech, people often shorten it to 'cha-cha.'