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chicana

See also: Chicana

French edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

chicana

  1. third-person singular past historic of chicaner

Portuguese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from French chicane.[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

 
 

  • Hyphenation: chi‧ca‧na

Noun edit

chicana f (plural chicanas)

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

References edit

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

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

chicana

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

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from French chicane.

Noun edit

chicana f (plural chicanas)

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

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

chicana f (plural chicanas)

  1. female equivalent of chicano; Chicana

Adjective edit

chicana f

  1. feminine singular of chicano

See also edit

Further reading edit

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