A Spanish word for cockroach, a common brown insect that many people find unpleasant.
From Spanish 'cucaracha,' of uncertain origin—possibly from Aztec Nahuatl language or Arabic roots. The word became famous worldwide through the 1962 song 'La Cucaracha,' though the insect existed long before.
Cockroaches are basically living fossils that have survived virtually unchanged for 300 million years—they walked the earth with dinosaurs! If you could genetically engineer any insect to be incredibly hardy and adaptable, you'd basically invent the cockroach, which is why they thrive everywhere humans go.
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