chancaca

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl chiyancaca (“sugar”)

chancaca

1. panela (solid piece of unrefined sugar).

 

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Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl chiyancaca (“sugar”).

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃanˈkaka/ [t͡ʃãŋˈka.ka]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: chan‧ca‧ca

chancaca f (plural chancacas)

1. panela (solid piece of unrefined sugar)

   Synonyms: atado dulce, panela, empanizao, papelón, piloncillo, panocha, raspadura, rapadura

• “chancaca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28