chupacabras

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noun

A legendary creature in the folklore of parts of the Americas dating from the 1990s, supposed to attack and drink the blood of livestock, especially goats.

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Meanings

nounchupacabras (plural chupacabras)
  1. biologyA legendary creature in the folklore of parts of the Americas dating from the 1990s, supposed to attack and drink the blood of livestock, especially goats.
noun
  1. pluralplural of chupacabra

Origin

From Spanish chupa (“it sucks”) + cabras (“goats”).

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Translations

Arabic تشوباكابرا
  • تشوباكابراmythical Western legend
French chupacabra
  • chupacabramythical Western legend
Greek τσουπακάμπρα
  • τσουπακάμπρα (tsoupakámpra)mythical Western legend
Japanese チュパカブラ
  • チュパカブラmythical Western legend
Korean 추파카브라
  • 추파카브라 (chupakabeura)mythical Western legend
Portuguese chupa-cabra
  • chupa-cabramythical Western legend
Russian чупака́бра
  • чупака́бра (čupakábra)mythical Western legend
Spanish chupacabras
  • chupacabrasmythical Western legend
Thai ชูปากาบรัส
  • ชูปากาบรัสmythical Western legend
Turkish Çupakabra, çupakabra
  • Çupakabramythical Western legend
  • çupakabramythical Western legend
Ukrainian чупака́бра
  • чупака́бра (čupakábra)mythical Western legend
Cite this entry
APA

chupacabras. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chupacabras

MLA

“chupacabras.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chupacabras. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chupacabras,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chupacabras.

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