Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chupacabras

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables: chu-pacabras
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

noun

plural of chupacabra

Etymology

From Spanish chupa (“it sucks”) + cabras (“goats”).

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Questions

What does chupacabras mean?: 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.
Where does chupacabras come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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