"chachalaca" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /t͡ʃat͡ʃaˈlaka/, [t͡ʃa.t͡ʃaˈla.ka] Forms: chachalacas [plural]
Rhymes: -aka Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl chachalacani (“tattler, gossiper”), from chāchalāni (“to make a hubbub, create an uproar”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|es|nci|chachalacani||tattler, gossiper}} Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl chachalacani (“tattler, gossiper”) Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} chachalaca f (plural chachalacas)
  1. chachalaca (a type of bird) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-chachalaca-es-noun-wnPr1h2v
  2. (colloquial, Mexico, Central America) babbler, yapper Tags: Central-America, Mexico, colloquial, feminine
    Sense id: en-chachalaca-es-noun-utFb4co1 Categories (other): Central American Spanish, Mexican Spanish, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Birds Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 2 53 12 33 Disambiguation of Birds: 25 45 22 7
  3. (colloquial, Guatemala) chatter Tags: Guatemala, colloquial, feminine
    Sense id: en-chachalaca-es-noun-7DAuBXeh Categories (other): Guatemalan Spanish
  4. (colloquial, El Salvador) chatty (said of a person) Tags: El-Salvador, colloquial, feminine
    Sense id: en-chachalaca-es-noun-p67mnxJj Categories (other): Salvadoran Spanish

Inflected forms

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