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chupacabras

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, cryptozoology, natural-sciences, zoology

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noun

Meaning 2

plural of chupacabra

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

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History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تشوباكابرا — mythical Western legend
  • French: chupacabra — mythical Western legend
  • Greek: τσουπακάμπρα (tsoupakámpra) — mythical Western legend
  • Japanese: チュパカブラ — mythical Western legend
  • Korean: 추파카브라 (chupakabeura) — mythical Western legend
  • Marathi: चुपाकाब्रा (cupākābrā) — mythical Western legend
  • Portuguese: chupa-cabra — mythical Western legend
  • Russian: чупака́бра (čupakábra) — mythical Western legend
  • Spanish: chupacabras — mythical Western legend
  • Thai: ชูปากาบรัส — mythical Western legend
  • Turkish: Çupakabra — mythical Western legend
  • Turkish: çupakabra — mythical Western legend
  • Ukrainian: чупака́бра (čupakábra) — mythical Western legend