canja

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Malayalam കഞ്ഞി (kaññi).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃.ʒɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃.ʒa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃.ʒɐ/

Rhymes: -ɐ̃ʒɐ
Hyphenation: can‧ja

Noun

canja f (plural canjas)

chicken soup (with rice)
(figuratively) anything that is easy to obtain or accomplish
(figuratively) a musical piece

Descendants

Macanese: canje

Further reading

canja on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt
“canja”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“canja”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026