chipa
Spanish, noun
chipa is spelled C-H-I-P-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 60,585th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chipa is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “basket” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, chipá is a different word: “corn cake”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Red o cesta para llevar apiñadas frutas y legumbres”.
What does chipa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebasket
- 2
feminineroll (something with a cylindrical shape)
- 3
femininechipa
noun
- 1
masculinecorn cake
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bollo, rosca o pastel tradicional de la gastronomía paraguaya y del litoral argentino, elaborado a base de almidón de mandioca o maíz, grasa, leche, huevos, queso y sal. Se moldea en forma de bollos u hogazas y hornea a muy alta temperatura.
noun: 1. Red o cesta para llevar apiñadas frutas y legumbres. 2. Rosca para sostener cargas en la cabeza o para dar estabilidad a ciertos objetos de base pequeña (como algunas vasijas). 3. Alambre o cuerda dispuestos en forma de cilindro. 4. Conjunto de objetos o circunstancias caracterizado por su desorden o confusión.
noun: 1. Variante de chipá.
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 chipa
- chipas plural
- chipás plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is chipa in Spanish?
chipa appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).