chanza

See also: chānzá and chànzá

Shona

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀gànjà.

Noun

chanza class 7 (plural zvanza class 8)

1. palm of hand

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈt͡ʃanθa/ [ˈt͡ʃãn̟.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈt͡ʃansa/ [ˈt͡ʃãn.sa]
• Rhymes: -anθa
• Rhymes: -ansa
• 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], 2024 December 10