chona
Portuguese, noun/ˈʃõ.nɐ/
chona is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “night” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of chonar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “quem participa de um jogo em último lugar”.
What does chona mean in English?
noun
- 1
Portugalfeminineinformalnight
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. quem participa de um jogo em último lugar
noun: 1. xona
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 chona
- chonas plural
- chiChona alternative
- chiShona alternative
- shona alternative
- xiChona alternative
- xiShona alternative
- xona alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chona?
- Brazil /ˈʃõ.nɐ/
- Portugal /ˈʃo.nɐ/
- Portugal /ˈt͡ʃo.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chona in Portuguese?
chona appears about once in every 33 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).