camanchaca
Spanish, noun/kamanˈt͡ʃaka/
camanchaca is spelled C-A-M-A-N-C-H-A-C-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written Spanish, the 222,418th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Camanchaca is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “camanchaca” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lluvia fina y ligera”.
What does camanchaca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecamanchaca
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lluvia fina y ligera. 2. Niebla espesa que se forma en el océano y es empujada hacia la costa por la brisa marina.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of camanchaca
- camanchacas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce camanchaca?
- /kamanˈt͡ʃaka/
- [ka.mãnʲˈt͡ʃa.ka]
- [kamãnʲˈt͡ʃaka]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is camanchaca in Spanish?
camanchaca appears about once in every 39 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).