chicharra

Galician

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin cicāda. Compare Spanish chicharra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃarɐ]

Noun

chicharra f (plural chicharras)

1. cicada

   Synonyms: carricanta, cantariña

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chicharra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “chicharra”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chicharra”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃara/ [t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃa.ra]
• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: chi‧cha‧rra

Etymology 1

From an older *chicarra, borrowed from an unattested Mozarabic descendant of Vulgar Latin *cicār(r)a, from Latin cicāda. Doublet of cigarra, the native outcome.

Noun

chicharra f (plural chicharras)

1. cicada

   Synonym: cigarra

   • 1905, La chicharra y la rana:

     Entre las tupidas hojas de un árbol la chicharra chirriaba.

     Among the dense leaves of a tree, the cicada was chirping.

Etymology 2

Verb

chicharra

1. inflection of chicharrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “cigarra”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 73

Further reading

• “chicharra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28