chancaca
Spanish, noun/t͡ʃanˈkaka/
chancaca is spelled C-H-A-N-C-A-C-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish, the 141,166th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chancaca is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “panela (solid piece of unrefined sugar)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Azúcar que se pasa con su mezcla a los toneles”.
What does chancaca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepanela (solid piece of unrefined sugar)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Azúcar que se pasa con su mezcla a los toneles. 2. Pasta hecha con maíz, o con trigo, molido y mezclada con miel. 3. Que no ofrece dificultades, fácil. 4. Producto derivado de la caña de azúcar de sabor dulce y color castaño.
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 chancaca
- chancacas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chancaca?
- /t͡ʃanˈkaka/
- [t͡ʃãŋˈka.ka]
- [t͡ʃãŋˈkaka]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chancaca in Spanish?
chancaca appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).