chicana

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French

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Verb

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chicana

  1. third-person singular past historic of chicaner

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French chicane.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: chi‧ca‧na

Noun

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chicana f (plural chicanas)

  1. chicanery (the use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge)

References

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  1. ^ chicana”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ chicana”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024

Etymology 2

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Verb

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chicana

  1. inflection of chicanar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈkana/ [t͡ʃiˈka.na]
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: chi‧ca‧na

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French chicane.

Noun

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chicana f (plural chicanas)

  1. chicanery, deception
  2. trick, prank
    Synonym: broma
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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chicana f (plural chicanas)

  1. female equivalent of chicano; Chicana

Adjective

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chicana f

  1. feminine singular of chicano

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