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Galician
Etymology
Perhaps a semi-learned borrowing from Latin scientia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃent͡ʃa̝/, /ˈt͡ʃɛnt͡ʃa̝/
Noun
chencha f (plural chenchas)
- (informal) head; intelligence; reason
- Synonyms: cabeciña, sentidiño
Pobre home! Está mal da chencha!- Poor man! He's bad in his head!
- (informal) skill
- Synonym: xeito
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chencha”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “chencha”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chencha”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. chencha.