tsansa

Cebuano

Etymology

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English chance, from Old French chance (“accident, chance, luck”), from Vulgar Latin cadentia (“falling”), from Latin cadō (“I fall, I die”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tsan‧sa

Noun

tsansa

1. a chance; a possibility; a probability

Verb

tsansa

1. to chance upon; to find by chance
2. to have the chance of or to

Tagalog

Etymology

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English chance, from Middle English chance, cheance, chaunce, cheaunce, a borrowing from Old French cheance, from Vulgar Latin *cadentia (“falling”). Doublet of kadensiya.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃansa/ [ˈt͡ʃan̪.sɐ]
• Rhymes: -ansa
• Syllabification: tsan‧sa

Noun

tsansa (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜈ᜔ᜐ)

1. chance

   Synonyms: pagkakataon, oportunidad

Derived terms

• magkatsansa
• matsansahan
• tsumansa