chunga

[ˈt͡ʃũŋga]

/[ˈt͡ʃũŋga]/ noun

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The verdict

“chunga” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #60,631 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,631
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dicho o acción destinados a divertirse o a reírse de alguien, generalmente de forma ligera y festiva.

Corpus desk

Index ES-chunga · chunga · Spanish

chunga · rank #60,631 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,631
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH chueco

Nearest frequency peer: chueco (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “chunga”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “chunga” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for chunga
PropertyValue
Headwordchunga
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt͡ʃũŋga]
Letters6
Frequency rank#60,631
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “chunga” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).chungacae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “chueco” (#60,630), “chus” (#60,632), “chismoso” (#60,627). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “chunga” va en #60,631. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

chunga is uncommon Spanish at frequency #60,631 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡ʃũŋga]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for chunga in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is chunga, spelled C-H-U-N-G-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dicho o acción destinados a divertirse o a reírse de alguien, generalmente de forma ligera y festiva.
  2. 2
    (Astrocaryum standleyanum) Tipo de palma que alcanza hasta quince metros de altura, tallo con espinas blancuzcas, hojas de hasta cuatro metros de longitud y flores de color crema y de olor intenso. Se distribuye desde el sudeste de Costa Rica hasta el noreste de Ecuador; en las tierras bajas del Pacífico, en Colombia.
  3. 3
    Marca o raya sobre el suelo que sirve para marcar la distancia desde donde se lanzan las canicas en el juego.
  4. 4
    Pequeño hueco u hoyo donde debe caer la canica para ganar puntos en dicho juego.
  5. 5
    Acción y efecto de tomar mucho licor; borrachera.

Synonyms

mocora

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chunga"?
"chunga" is spelled C-H-U-N-G-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡ʃũŋga].
What does "chunga" mean?
As a noun, "chunga" means: Dicho o acción destinados a divertirse o a reírse de alguien, generalmente de forma ligera y festiva.
How do you pronounce "chunga"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chunga" is [ˈt͡ʃũŋga]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chunga" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chunga", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

chueco#60,630casete#60,615cargué#60,613canijo#60,605

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list