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ganza

See also: Ganza and ganzá

English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Spanish gansa, feminine form of ganso (“goose”).

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Noun

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ganza (plural ganzas)

  1. A kind of wild goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabled to be carried to the lunar world.

Etymology 2

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Particularly: “H-J says: The word is evidently Sanskrit kaṉsa, 'bell-metal,' whence Malay gangsa, which last is probably the word which travellers picked up.”

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ganza (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A metal, possibly lead or an alloy, formerly used as an inferior currency in Pegu.
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Alemannic German

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Etymology

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From Old High German ganz (“whole, sound, healthy, complete”), from Proto-West Germanic *gant (“whole, healthy; all, complete”).

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ganza

  1. (Carcoforo) always

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Italian

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Adjective

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ganza

  1. feminine singular of ganzo

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English ganja.

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Noun

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ganza f (plural ganzas)

  1. (colloquial) ganja; joint
  2. (colloquial, by extension) trip; high
    Synonyms: moca, pedrada

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Verb

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ganza

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