What is the Spanish word for "cicada"?

Learn how to say "cicada" in Spanish with examples and practice

English

cicada

Spanish

cigarra

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Alternative translations of "cicada"

chicharra

Examples of how to use "cicada" in Spanish

English
A loud cicada buzzed in the summer heat.
Spanish
Una fuerte cigarra zumbó en el calor del verano.
English
A cicada landed on the green fence.
Spanish
Una cigarra se posó en la cerca verde.
English
I heard a cicada singing near midnight.
Spanish
Escuché una cigarra cantando cerca de la medianoche.
English
She found a cicada shell on the tree.
Spanish
Ella encontró una cáscara de cigarra en el árbol.
English
The child gently touched the sleeping cicada.
Spanish
El niño tocó suavemente la cigarra dormida.

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