chanchada
Portuguese, noun/ʃɐ̃ˈʃa.dɐ/
chanchada is spelled C-H-A-N-C-H-A-D-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese, the 131,183rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chanchada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “chanchada” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espetáculo popular de baixa qualidade de criação, formal e cultural, misturando música com humor”.
What does chanchada mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininechanchada
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. espetáculo popular de baixa qualidade de criação, formal e cultural, misturando música com humor 2. espetáculo ou filme em que a prevalece o humor ingênuo, burlesco, de caráter popular
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of chanchada
- chanchadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chanchada?
- Brazil /ʃɐ̃ˈʃa.dɐ/
- Portugal /ʃɐ̃ˈʃa.dɐ/
- Portugal [ʃɐ̃ˈʃa.ðɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chanchada in Portuguese?
chanchada appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).