chupacabras
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Spanish chupa (“it sucks”) + cabras (“goats”).
Noun[edit]
chupacabras (plural chupacabras)
- (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[edit]
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:chupacabras.
Translations[edit]
mythical Western legend
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Noun[edit]
chupacabras
- plural of chupacabra
Spanish[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Verb-object compound, composed of chupa (“to suck”) + cabras (“goats”), literally “goatsucker”.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃupaˈkabɾas/ [t͡ʃu.paˈka.β̞ɾas]
- (Castilian)
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -abɾas
- Syllabification: chu‧pa‧ca‧bras
Noun[edit]
chupacabras m (plural chupacabras)
Descendants[edit]
- → English: chupacabra, chupacabras
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “chupacabras”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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