chanca

Galician

Etymology

From Late Latin zanca, zancha (“a kind of soft Parthian shoe”), from Parthian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃaŋkɐ]

Noun

chanca f (plural chancas)

1. clog
2. stilt
3. flip-flop

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chanca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “chanca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chanca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Noun

chanca f (plural chancas)

1. (Cono Sur) grinding; crushing

Further reading

• “chanca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014