chica

Borrowed from Spanish chica (“girl”).

chica (plural chicas)

1. (Canada, US, informal) A Latin-American girl; a Latina.
   • 2005, Magnolia Belle, Black Wolf: Lakota Man:

     "But, I thought you wanted to come with us. There are some hot chicas just waiting for the Black Wolf boys."

chica (uncountable)

1. An orange-red dyestuff obtained by boiling the leaves of the bignonia.

• cica (palatalized)

From Medieval Latin plica, a derivative of Classical Latin plicō (“fold, bend or flex; roll up”). Compare Italian plica.

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.ka/ (standard)
• Hyphenation: chì‧ca

chica f (plural chichi)

1. (literally and figuratively, obsolete or literary) fold, crease, wrinkle
2. (anatomy) fold, line, crease

   Synonym: lìnia

   Macari tu t'a-ritrovi a chica simiana ntî parma dî manu?!

   Do you also find the simian line on your hands?

3. sympathy, inclination towards someone

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃika/ [ˈt͡ʃi.ka]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: chi‧ca

chica f (plural chicas)

1. female equivalent of chico: girl
2. (colloquial) gal, chick
3. A spice made from the Sobralia orchid.

chica

1. feminine singular of chico

• “chico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014