chupacabras
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
Etymology edit
Verb-object compound, composed of chupa (“to suck”) + cabras (“goats”), literally “goatsucker”.
Pronunciation edit
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