"chamba" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Franco-Provençal]

Etymology: Inherited from Late Latin camba. Etymology templates: {{dercat|frp|grc}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|frp|LL.|camba|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Late Latin camba, {{inh+|frp|LL.|camba}} Inherited from Late Latin camba Head templates: {{head|frp|noun|g=f}} chamba f
  1. leg Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Body parts Synonyms: jamba, shonba, shanba, tsanba
    Sense id: en-chamba-frp-noun-x8j8kau4 Categories (other): Franco-Provençal entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Spanish]

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃamba/, [ˈt͡ʃãm.ba] Forms: chambas [plural]
Rhymes: -amba Etymology: From Old Galician-Portuguese, perhaps related to chiripa. Etymology templates: {{der|es|roa-opt|-}} Old Galician-Portuguese, {{m|es|chiripa}} chiripa Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} chamba f (plural chambas)
  1. (Spain) fluke Tags: Spain, feminine
    Sense id: en-chamba-es-noun-diXYLxkJ Categories (other): Peninsular Spanish, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 28 22 29 22
  2. (Spain) ditch, trench Tags: Spain, feminine
    Sense id: en-chamba-es-noun-aQdmxB7x Categories (other): Peninsular Spanish, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 28 22 29 22
  3. (Spain) deep scar (by comparison with a ditch) Tags: Spain, feminine
    Sense id: en-chamba-es-noun-M9KPqmDv Categories (other): Peninsular Spanish, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 28 22 29 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Spanish]

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃamba/, [ˈt͡ʃãm.ba] Forms: chambas [plural]
Rhymes: -amba Etymology: According to the DRAE (23rd ed.), the same etymology as the previous entry, from the meaning 'fluke, lucky event', from an Old Galician-Portuguese word. A folk etymology exists that it is a Latin American rendering of English chamber, as Latin American temporary workers in the US requested work from the American Chamber of Commerce. Etymology templates: {{glossary|folk etymology}} folk etymology, {{bor|es|en|chamber}} English chamber Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} chamba f (plural chambas)
  1. (familiar, Mexico, Central America, Peru, Colombia) work, employment; task Tags: Central-America, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, familiar, feminine Synonyms: faena, quehacer, tarea, trabajo Derived forms: chambear, chambón
    Sense id: en-chamba-es-noun-SgvabUat Categories (other): Central American Spanish, Colombian Spanish, Mexican Spanish, Peruvian Spanish, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 28 22 29 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "1993, “Pacas de a kilo”, performed by Los Tigres del Norte",
          "text": "El Tigre a mí me acompaña porque ha sido un gran amigo / Maestro en la pista chica, además muy precavido / Él sabe que en esta chamba / No es bueno volar dormido",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "work, employment; task"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "employment",
          "employment"
        ],
        [
          "task",
          "task"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(familiar, Mexico, Central America, Peru, Colombia) work, employment; task"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "faena"
        },
        {
          "word": "quehacer"
        },
        {
          "word": "tarea"
        },
        {
          "word": "trabajo"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Central-America",
        "Colombia",
        "Mexico",
        "Peru",
        "familiar",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃamba/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃãm.ba]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-amba"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chamba"
}

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