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cancha

Spanish, noun

cancha is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “pitch, (US) field (field on which soccer, rugby or field hockey is played)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of canchar. With an accent, canchá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of canchar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Terreno para practicar un deporte”.

What does cancha mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    Latin-Americafemininepitch, (US) field (field on which soccer, rugby or field hockey is played)

    cancha de fútbol

  2. 2

    Latin-Americafemininecourse

    cancha de golf

  3. 3

    Latin-Americafemininecourt (field on which tennis, basketball, handball, badminton, etc is played)

    cancha de tenis

  4. 4

    feminineenclosure, shed

noun

  1. 1

    femininepopcorn

  2. 2

    femininecorn nuts (toasted grains of corn)

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as canchá
  1. 1

    second-person singular voseo imperative of canchar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Terreno para practicar un deporte. 2. Terreno despejado, llano y sin obstáculos, sea natural o artificial. 3. Recinto cercado. 4. En especial, el destinado a la práctica de las carreras de caballos.

interjection: 1. Úsase para pedir el paso.

noun: 1. Aperitivo de granos de maíz tostados o fritos. 2. Palomita (grano de maíz tostado y reventado).

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 cancha

  • canchas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to cancha

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is cancha in Spanish?

cancha appears 18 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).