tsansa

Cebuano

Etymology

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English chance, from Old French chance (“accident, chance, luck”), from Vulgar Latin cadentia (“falling”), from Latin cadō (“I fall, I die”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: tsan‧sa

Noun

tsansa

  1. a chance; a possibility; a probability

Verb

tsansa

  1. to chance upon; to find by chance
  2. to have the chance of or to

Tagalog

Etymology

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English chance, from Middle English chance, cheance, chaunce, cheaunce, a borrowing from Old French cheance, from Vulgar Latin *cadentia (“falling”). Doublet of kadensiya.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃansa/ [ˈt͡ʃan.sɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ansa
  • Syllabification: tsan‧sa

Noun

tsansa (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜈ᜔ᜐ)

  1. chance
    Synonyms: pagkakataon, oportunidad

Derived terms
  • magkatsansa
  • matsansahan
  • tsumansa
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