chita

From Saint Dominican Creole French sitta, from French assieds-toi (“sit down”, imperative, second person singular). Compare Louisiana Creole assite, Cajun French assir.

• IPA^(key): /ʃi.ta/

chita

1. sit down

• kanpe

Borrowed from English cheetah,[1] from Hindi चीता (cītā, “leopard, panther”),[2] ultimately from Sanskrit चित्र (citra, “multicolored, speckled”).

• Hyphenation: chi‧ta

chita f (plural chitas)

1. cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)

   Synonym: guepardo

Borrowed from English cheetah, from Hindi चीता (cītā, “leopard", "panther”), ultimately from Sanskrit चित्र (citra, “multicolored", "speckled”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃita/ [ˈt͡ʃi.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: chi‧ta

chita m (plural chitas)

1. (zoology) cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)

   Synonym: guepardo

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