Definition
A small, noisy brown bird found in Mexico and Texas that makes a loud, repetitive call.
Etymology
From Mexican Spanish 'chachalaca,' an onomatopoeia that imitates the bird's distinctive three-note call: 'cha-cha-la-ca.' The word originated in Mexico and entered English from Spanish-speaking regions of North America.
Kelly Says
The bird's name is literally the sound it makes—it's an onomatopoeia that native speakers thought sounded like 'chachalaca!' Other cultures name birds this way too, like the 'kookaburra' in Australia.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ቻቻላካ
tʃa-tʃa-la-ka
ARالعربية
تشا تشالACA
tʃa tʃaːlaːka
BNবাংলা
চাচালাকা
cha-cha-la-ka
CACatalà
chachalaca
tʃa-tʃa-la-ka
CSČeština
chachalaca
cha-cha-la-ka
DADansk
chachalaca
tʃa-tʃa-la-ka
DEDeutsch
Chachalaca
tsa-xa-la-ka
ELΕλληνικά
τσατσαλάκα
tsa-tsa-la-ka
ESEspañol
chachalaca
cha-cha-la-ka
FAفارسی
چاچالاکا
ča-ča-lā-ka
FISuomi
chachalaca
tʃa-tʃa-la-ka
FRFrançais
chachalaca
ʃa-ʃa-la-ka
GUGU
ચાચાલાકા
cha-cha-la-ka
HAHA
chachalaca
tʃa-tʃa-la-ka
HEעברית
צ'צ'ל'קה
t͡sʼt͡sʼlaˈka
HIहिन्दी
चाचा लका
cha-cha-laka
HUMagyar
chachalaca
tʃa-tʃa-la-ka
IDBahasa Indonesia
chachalaca
tsa-tsa-la-ka
IGIG
chachalaca
tʃa-tʃa-la-ka
ITItaliano
chachalaca
cha-cha-la-ka
JA日本語
チャチャラカ
chatcha-ra-ka
KKKK
шашалака
ʃa-ʃa-la-ka
KMKM
ចាចាលាកា
tʃa-tʃa-la-ka
KO한국어
차찰라카
cha-chal-la-ka
MRMR
चाचा लका
cha-cha-laka
MSBahasa Melayu
chachalaca
tʃa-tʃa-la-ka
MYမြန်မာ
ချာချာလကာ
tʃa-tʃa-la-ka
NLNederlands
chachalaca
tʃa-tʃa-la-ka
NONorsk
chachalaca
tʃa-tʃa-la-ka
PAPA
ਚਾਚਾਲਾਕਾ
tʃa-tʃa-la-ka
PLPolski
chachalaca
cha-cha-la-ka
PTPortuguês
chachalaca
ʃa-ʃa-la-ka
RORomână
chachalaca
cha-cha-la-ka
RUРусский
чачалака
cha-cha-laka
SVSvenska
chachalaca
tʃa-tʃa-la-ka
SWKiswahili
chachalaca
tʃa-tʃa-la-ka
TAதமிழ்
சாசா லாகா
saːsaː laːka
TEతెలుగు
చాచలాకా
cha-cha-la-ka
THไทย
ชาชาลาคา
cha-cha-la-ka
TLTL
chachalaca
tʃa-tʃa-la-ka
TRTürkçe
chachalaca
ça-ça-la-ka
UKУкраїнська
чачалака
cha-cha-laka
URاردو
چاچلاکا
cha-cha-la-ka
VITiếng Việt
chachalaca
cha-cha-la-ka
YOYO
chachalaca
tʃa-tʃa-la-ka
ZUZU
chachalaca
tʃa-tʃa-la-ka