Borrowed from Spanish, muchacha means a girl or young woman and is used in American English — especially in Latino and Latinx communities and in regions with significant Spanish-speaking populations — as a casual, familiar term of address. It can be affectionate, playful, or used to call out someone's behavior, depending entirely on tone. In some domestic contexts it can also refer to a housekeeper or maid.
She walked in looking like a whole new person and her tía just said, 'Ay, muchacha, look at you!'
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(US) A Latino woman or girl.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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