chuña
Spanish, noun/ˈt͡ʃuɲa/
chuña is spelled C-H-U-Ñ-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish, the 197,982nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chuña is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “seriema” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Cariama cristata, Chunga burmeisterii) Cualquiera de dos aves corredoras nativas del Cono Sur. Tienen el…”.
What does chuña mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineseriema
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinebarefoot
- 2
femininemasculineuneducated
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Cariama cristata, Chunga burmeisterii) Cualquiera de dos aves corredoras nativas del Cono Sur. Tienen el plumaje pardo, con una distintiva cresta eréctil y un fuerte pico corvo con el que capturan a sus presas; se distinguen fácilmente por el color de sus largas patas, de color claro en C. cristata y negruzco en Ch. burmisterii. Son voraces predadores, alimentándose de pequeñas aves, reptiles y b
noun: 1. Acto de recoger precipitadamente lo que se desparrama.
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 chuña
- chuñas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chuña?
- /ˈt͡ʃuɲa/
- [ˈt͡ʃu.ɲa]
- [ˈt͡ʃuɲa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chuña
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chuña in Spanish?
chuña appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).