chanza
Spanish, noun/ˈt͡ʃanθa/
chanza is spelled C-H-A-N-Z-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 73,441st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chanza is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “joke” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o dicho ingenioso hecho para divertir”.
What does chanza mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininejoke
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o dicho ingenioso hecho para divertir. 2. Hecho burlesco para recrear el ánimo o ejercitar el ingenio. 3. Condición o carácter de astuto o sagaz. 4. Oportunidad.
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 chanza
- chanzas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chanza?
- /ˈt͡ʃanθa/
- [ˈt͡ʃãn̟.θa]
- /ˈt͡ʃansa/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chanza
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chanza in Spanish?
chanza appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).