chupacabras

English

Etymology

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

Noun

chupacabras (plural chupacabras)

1. (cryptozoology) 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.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:chupacabras.

Translations

mythical Western legend

• Arabic: تشوباكابرا
• French: chupacabra (fr) m
• Greek: τσουπακάμπρα n (tsoupakámpra)
• Japanese: チュパカブラ
• Korean: 추파카브라 (chupakabeura)
• Marathi: चुपाकाब्रा m (cupākābrā)
• Portuguese: chupa-cabra (pt) m
• Russian: чупака́бра (ru) f (čupakábra)
• Spanish: chupacabras (es) m
• Turkish: Çupakabra, çupakabra
• Ukrainian: чупака́бра f (čupakábra)

Noun

chupacabras

1. plural of chupacabra

Spanish

El mito del Chupacabras es relativamente nuevo y solamente se remonta al año 1995.

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of chupa (“to suck”) +‎ cabras (“goats”), literally “goatsucker”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃupaˈkabɾas/ [t͡ʃu.paˈka.β̞ɾas]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -abɾas
• Syllabification: chu‧pa‧ca‧bras

Noun

chupacabras m (plural chupacabras)

1. (cryptozoology) chupacabras

Descendants

• → English: chupacabra, chupacabras

See also

• chotacabras

Further reading

• “chupacabras”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10