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6-letter words (1 found)

CANCHA,

5-letter words (1 found)

CHANA,

4-letter words (3 found)

ACCA,CACA,NACH,

3-letter words (9 found)

AAH,ACH,AHA,ANA,CAA,CAN,CHA,HAN,NAH,

2-letter words (6 found)

AA,AH,AN,CH,HA,NA,

You can make 20 words from cancha according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of cancha

cancha

Noun

cancha (countable and uncountable, plural canchas)

  1. A toasted grain or grains of corn, a traditional snack in Peru.

Asturian

Noun

cancha f (plural canches)

  1. court; pitch

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkant͡ʃa/ [ˈkãnʲ.t͡ʃa]
  • Rhymes: -antʃa
  • Syllabification: can‧cha

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Quechua kancha (“circular enclosure”).

Noun

cancha f (plural canchas)

  1. (sports, Latin America) pitch, (US) field (field on which soccer, rugby or field hockey is played)
    Synonym: campo
    cancha de fútbol ― soccer field
  2. (golf, Latin America) course
    Synonym: campo
    cancha de golf ― golf course
  3. (sports, chiefly Latin America) court (field on which tennis, basketball, handball, badminton, etc is played)
    Synonym: (Spain) pista
    cancha de golf ― golf course
  4. enclosure, shed
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Quechua kamcha (“toasted maize”).

Noun

cancha f (plural canchas)

  1. (Peru) popcorn
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:palomita
  2. (Peru) corn nuts (toasted grains of corn)
    Synonyms: chulpi, maíz tostado
Derived terms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cancha

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

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org