chana
Spanish, noun
chana is spelled C-H-A-N-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 87,581st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chana is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “Term applied to a lower‐class woman not desired for a longer relationship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, chaná is a different word: “Chaná (a member of an indigenous ethnic group of Argentina and…”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mentira”.
What does chana mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineslangTerm applied to a lower‐class woman not desired for a longer relationship
noun
- 1
masculineChaná (a member of an indigenous ethnic group of Argentina and Uruguay)
noun
- 1
masculinethe critically endangered Chaná language
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción de arrojarse los muchachos sobre los volantines que caen al suelo en las comisiones.
adjective: 1. Que pertenece o concierne a una tribu originaria del actual territorio del Uruguay y de la Argentina, cerca de los ríos Paraná y Uruguay.
noun: 1. Idioma de la familia de las lenguas charrúas.
noun: 1. Mentira. 2. Mujer de clase baja, no deseada para mantener una relación estable.
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 chana
- chanas plural
- chanás plural
- chanáes plural
- chañas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is chana in Spanish?
chana appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).