chicana

See also: Chicana

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃi.ka.na/

Verb

chicana

  1. third-person singular past historic of chicaner

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French chicane.[1][2]

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃiˈkɐ̃.nɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃiˈkɐ.na/
 

  • Hyphenation: chi‧ca‧na

Noun

chicana f (plural chicanas)

  1. chicanery (the use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge)

References
  1. “chicana” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. “chicana” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Verb

chicana

  1. inflection of chicanar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈkana/ [t͡ʃiˈka.na]
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: chi‧ca‧na

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French chicane.

Noun

chicana f (plural chicanas)

  1. chicanery, deception
  2. trick, prank
    Synonym: broma
Derived terms

Noun

chicana f (plural chicanas)

  1. female equivalent of chicano; Chicana

Adjective

chicana f

  1. feminine singular of chicano

See also

Further reading
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