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noun, feminine

chachalaca

/t͡ʃat͡ʃaˈlaka/

noun, feminine/t͡ʃat͡ʃaˈlaka/plural: chachalacas

chachalaca (a type of bird); babbler, yapper; chatter; chatty (said of a person)

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl chachalacani (“tattler, gossiper”), from chāchalāni (“to make a hubbub, create an uproar”).

chachalaca — Spanish Dictionary | Passage