What is the difference between chica and muchacha, or is there no difference?
chica y muchacha

Shan-L1
June 21, 2012

Cristian-Montes-de-Oca
July 4, 2012
Hola Lance!
Saludos desde Mexico!
Well "Muchacha" is used exclusively to call a lady/woman/young woman/girl.
In the case of "chica" this can have some other meanings, you see, chica/chico means "small" so, if you say "a small pizza" you would say "una pizza chica"...but also since young girls are "small" , we call them "chica", is another way of saying "girl"...for example...when you say to your female dog "good girl! good work"..in spanish we could translate it to "buena chica, buen trabajo".
Also , for example when i had a girlfriend i uses to talk about her as "mi chica"...for example...."Mañana voy con mi chica al cine"...."tomorrow i will go to the movies with my lady/girl/gf/baby" something like that!...so chica depends on the context, and muchacha always reffers to a woman (usually young).
If you have more questions, im here to help!
Saludos amigos, cuidate!

Shan-L1
July 13, 2012
Muchas gracias, Cristian!

Cristian-Montes-de-Oca
July 13, 2012
De nada Lance! cuando gustes! :D