cancha

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish cancha, borrowed from Quechua kamcha. === Noun === cancha (countable and uncountable, plural canchas) A toasted grain or grains of corn, a traditional snack in Peru. == Asturian == === Noun === cancha f (plural canches) court; pitch == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish cancha, borrowed from Quechua kancha. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɐ̃ʃɐ Hyphenation: can‧cha === Noun === cancha f (plural canchas) (South Brazil) bocce court Hyponym: bocha (Brazil, sports, obsolete) field Synonym: campo === Further reading === “cancha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cancha”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “cancha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 “cancha”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN == 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) (sports, Latin America) pitch, (US) field (field on which soccer, rugby or field hockey is played) Synonym: campo cancha de fútbol ― soccer field (golf, Latin America) course Synonym: campo cancha de golf ― golf course (sports, chiefly Latin America) court (field on which tennis, basketball, handball, badminton, etc is played) Synonym: (Spain) pista cancha de tenis ― tennis court enclosure, shed ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Brazilian Portuguese: cancha === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Quechua kamcha (“toasted maize”). ==== Noun ==== cancha f (plural canchas) (Peru) popcorn Synonyms: see Thesaurus:palomita corn nuts (toasted grains of corn) Synonyms: chulpi, maíz tostado ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== cancha inflection of canchar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “cancha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025