noun, feminine/t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃara/plural: chicharras
cicada
“Entre las tupidas hojas de un árbol la chicharra chirriaba.” — Among the dense leaves of a tree, the cicada was chirping.
Synonyms: cigarra
Etymology tree Latin cicādader. Vulgar Latin *cicār(r)ader. Mozarabicbor. Spanish *chicarra Spanish chicharra From an older *chicarra, borrowed from an unattested Mozarabic descendant of Vulgar Latin *cicār(r)a, from Latin cicāda. Doublet of cigarra, the native outcome.