camanchaca

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish camanchaca, from Aymara kamanchaka (“darkness”).

Noun

camanchaca (plural camanchacas)

1. A type of mist found on the west coast of South America by the Atacama Desert, which does not drop rain.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Aymara kamanchaka (“darkness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kamanˈt͡ʃaka/ [ka.mãnʲˈt͡ʃa.ka]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: ca‧man‧cha‧ca

Noun

camanchaca f (plural camanchacas)

1. camanchaca

Further reading

• “camanchaca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10