Etymology

cucaracha

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Today it means: A Mexican ballroom and nightclub dance. Full definition →

Spanish cucaracha
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  1. Spanish · borrowed fromcucaracha“cockroach”
  2. English todaycucaracha

Borrowed from Spanish cucaracha (“cockroach”). Doublet of cockroach.

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