"chica" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chicas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish chica (“girl”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|chica|gloss=girl}} Spanish chica (“girl”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} chica (plural chicas)
  1. (Canada, US, informal) A Latin-American girl; a Latina. Tags: Canada, US, informal
    Sense id: en-chica-en-noun-RViSeXnf Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} chica (uncountable)
  1. An orange-red dyestuff obtained by boiling the leaves of the bignonia. Tags: uncountable Related terms: bow chica wow wow, bow-chica-wow-wow
    Sense id: en-chica-en-noun-sl9ZVmFN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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