chanta

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chanta

1. third-person singular past historic of chanter

chanta

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

chanta

1. lenited form of canta

chanta

1. lenited form of canta

chanta

1. lenited form of canta

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چانطه (çanta), from Persian چنته.

chanta f

1. purse, bag

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɐ
• Hyphenation: chan‧ta

Deverbal from chantar.^[1]

chanta f (plural chantas)

1. (agriculture, botany) cutting or branch that is planted without roots

   Synonyms: chantão, tanchão

2. (regional) paw of an animal

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

chanta

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

• “chanta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “chanta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

chanta

1. third-person singular present indicative of chantar

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃanta/ [ˈt͡ʃãn̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -anta
• Syllabification: chan‧ta

Derived from Ligurian ciantapufi (“someone who never pays back debts, a bullshitter”)

chanta m (plural chantas)

1. (colloquial, Rioplatense, Chile) liar

chanta f (plural chantas)

1. fake, nonsense

chanta m or f (masculine and feminine plural chantas)

1. (colloquial, El Salvador) missing at least one tooth

   Synonyms: (El Salvador) cholco, (El Salvador) shashaco, (Mexico) chimuelo

chanta

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

• “chanta”, 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
• “chanta”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010