changana
Portuguese, noun/ʃɐ̃ˈɡɐ̃.nɐ/
changana is spelled C-H-A-N-G-A-N-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 46 million words in written Portuguese, the 191,310th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Changana is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Shangaan (language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “língua da etnia dos tsongas, de Moçambique; uma das 11 línguas oficiais da África do Sul”.
What does changana mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineShangaan (language)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. língua da etnia dos tsongas, de Moçambique; uma das 11 línguas oficiais da África do Sul
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.
How do you pronounce changana?
- Brazil /ʃɐ̃ˈɡɐ̃.nɐ/
- Portugal /ʃɐ̃ˈɡɐ.nɐ/
- Portugal /t͡ʃɐ̃ˈɡa.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is changana in Portuguese?
changana appears about once in every 46 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).