chanza

See also: chānzá and chànzá

Shona

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀gànjà.

Noun

chanza class 7 (plural zvanza class 8)

1. palm of hand

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃanθa/ [ˈt͡ʃãn̟.θa] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃansa/ [ˈt͡ʃãn.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -anθa (Spain)
• Rhymes: -ansa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: chan‧za

Noun

chanza f (plural chanzas)

1. joke

Derived terms

• chancear

Descendants

• → Basque: txantxa

Further reading

• “chanza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “chanza”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010