ganza

See also: ganzá

English

Alternative forms

• gansa

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gansa, ganso (“goose”).

Noun

ganza (plural ganzas)

1. A kind of wild goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabled to be carried to the lunar world.

Anagrams

• Gazan

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Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• geng, génh

Etymology

From Old High German ganz (“whole, sound, healthy, complete”), from Proto-Germanic *gantaz (“whole, healthy; all, complete”). Cognate with German ganz.

Adverb

ganza

1. (Carcoforo) always

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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Italian

Adjective

ganza

1. feminine singular of ganzo

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English ganja.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: gan‧za

Noun

ganza f (plural ganzas)

1. (colloquial) ganja; joint
2. (colloquial, by extension) trip; high

Synonyms

• (trip): moca, pedrada