chikunguña
Spanish, noun/t͡ʃikunˈɡuɲa/
chikunguña is spelled C-H-I-K-U-N-G-U-Ñ-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish, the 180,102nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chikunguña is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “chikungunya” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Enfermedad viral transmitida por la picadura del mosquito Aedes aegypti”.
What does chikunguña mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Enfermedad viral transmitida por la picadura del mosquito Aedes aegypti.
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 chikunguña
- chikungunya alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chikunguña?
- /t͡ʃikunˈɡuɲa/
- [t͡ʃi.kũŋˈɡu.ɲa]
- [t͡ʃikũŋˈguɲa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chikunguña
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chikunguña in Spanish?
chikunguña appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).