ganza

See also: ganzá

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gansa, ganso (“goose”).

Noun

ganza (plural ganzas)

  1. A kind of wild goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabled to be carried to the lunar world.

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Alemannic German

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Etymology

From Old High German ganz (“whole, sound, healthy, complete”), from Proto-Germanic *gantaz (“whole, healthy; all, complete”). Cognate with German ganz.

Adverb

ganza

  1. (Carcoforo) always

References
  • “ganza” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Italian

Adjective

ganza

  1. feminine singular of ganzo

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English ganja.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: gan‧za

Noun

ganza f (plural ganzas)

  1. (colloquial) ganja; joint
  2. (colloquial, by extension) trip; high

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