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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English gymkhana.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʝinˈkana/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃinˈkana/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒinˈkana/
- Rhymes: -ana
- Syllabification: yin‧ca‧na
Noun
yincana f (plural yincanas)
- gymkhana
2015 October 9, “Londres a bocados”, in El País:Paradójicamente, una historia que empezó con la idea de acercar la comida a la gente ha derivado en una especie de yincana en la que los londinenses se mueven por toda la ciudad en busca de los mejores puestos de comida.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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