cancha

cancha (countable and uncountable, plural canchas)

1. A toasted grain or grains of corn, a traditional snack in Peru.
   • 2015, Ricardo Zarate, Jenn Garbee, The Fire of Peru: Recipes and Stories from My Peruvian Kitchen:

     Partially open the lid away from you, like a shield, so the cancha doesn't pop into your face. Be very careful, as the oil is very hot and the kernels can pop out of the pan. Most of the kernels should be dark golden brown.

cancha f (plural canches)

1. court; pitch

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

Borrowed from Quechua kancha (“circular enclosure”).

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

Borrowed from Quechua kamcha (“toasted maize”).

cancha f (plural canchas)

1. (Peru) popcorn

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:palomita

2. (Peru) corn nuts (toasted grains of corn)

   Synonyms: chulpi, maíz tostado

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

cancha

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

• “cancha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024