chica

[ chee-kuh ]

nounInformal.

a girl or young woman (often used as a form of address):You are one brave chica, ordering swimwear online right before you leave for vacation!Thanks, chicas, it really feels better to know that others are going through similar situations.: See also chico¹.
a girlfriend or sweetheart: When are you and your chica planning to visit us?

Origin of chica

First recorded in 1840–50; from Spanish: “girl,” feminine of chico¹

"You have had a visitor this morning, chica," said Don Alfonso, in a more natural tone than she had heard him speak in for weeks.
Ponce de Leon | William Pilling
When our credit played out there, Liverpool, whose stomach overshadowed his sensations of noblesse oblige, married chica.
Sixes and Sevens | O. Henry
This was washed down with ‘chica,’ and afterwards the padre and I indulged in a cigarette and a chat.
The Hunters' Feast | Mayne Reid
The 16th, which was the day next after the landing, the Castle of Bocca-chica surrendered.
History of the Buccaneers of America | James Burney
Great steel bottles, large as chica: bits of bottles, carrying off men's heads?
Saint's Progress | John Galsworthy

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