ganza
See also: Ganza and ganzá
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish gansa, ganso (“goose”).
Noun
ganza (plural ganzas)
- A kind of wild goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabled to be carried to the lunar world.
Alternative forms
- gansa
Noun
ganza (uncountable)
- (obsolete) A metal, possibly lead or an alloy, formerly used as an inferior currency in Pegu.
Alternative forms
- gangsa, gansa, ganse
References
- Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “ganza”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].
Anagrams
- Gazan
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- geng, génh
Etymology
From Old High German ganz (“whole, sound, healthy, complete”), from Proto-West Germanic *gant (“whole, healthy; all, complete”).
Adverb
ganza
- (Carcoforo) always
References
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Italian
Adjective
ganza
- feminine singular of ganzo
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English ganja.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɐ̃.zɐ/
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃zɐ
- Hyphenation: gan‧za
Noun
ganza f (plural ganzas)
- (colloquial) ganja; joint
- (colloquial, by extension) trip; high
- Synonyms: moca, pedrada