tsansa

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”).

• Hyphenation: tsan‧sa

tsansa

1. a chance; a possibility; a probability

tsansa

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

• tiyansa
• tyansa — superseded, pre-2007

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. See also Spanish chance.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃansa/ [ˈt͡ʃan̪.sɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈtsansa/ [ˈt͡san̪.sɐ]
• Rhymes: -ansa
• Syllabification: tsan‧sa

tsansa (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜈ᜔ᜐ)

1. chance

   Synonyms: pagkakataon, oportunidad, okasyon

• “tsansa”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “tsansa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018