chicana

chicana

See also: Chicana

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃi.ka.na/

Verb

chicana

1. third-person singular past historic of chicaner

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French chicane.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃiˈkɐ̃.nɐ/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃiˈkɐ.nɐ/

• 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, 2003–2023.
2. “chicana” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From French chicane.

Noun

chicana f (plural chicanas)

1. chicanery, deception
2. trick, prank

   Synonym: broma

Derived terms

• chicanear

Noun

chicana f (plural chicanas)

1. female equivalent of chicano; Chicana

Adjective

chicana f

1. feminine singular of chicano

See also

• chicanx

Further reading

• “chicana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014