different between chica vs chia

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish chica (“girl”).

Noun

chica (plural chicas)

1. (Canada, US, informal) A Latin-American girl; a Latina.

Etymology 2

Noun

chica (uncountable)

1. An orange-red dyestuff obtained by boiling the leaves of the bignonia.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??ika/, [?t??i.ka]

Adjective

chica

1. feminine singular of chico

Noun

chica f (plural chicas, masculine chico, masculine plural chicos)

1. female equivalent of chico, girl
2. (colloquial) gal, chick

Usage notes

The noun chico is like most Spanish nouns with a human referent. The masculine forms are used when the referent is known to be male, a group of males, a group of mixed or unknown gender, or an individual of unknown or unspecified gender. The feminine forms are used if the referent is known to be female or a group of females.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chía, from Classical Nahuatl chiyan (“seed of the chia plant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?i?.?/
• Rhymes: -i??

Noun

chia (countable and uncountable, plural chias)

1. A Mexican sage grown for its edible seeds, Salvia hispanica.
2. Salvia columbariae, a sage with similar seeds, native to the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico.

Translations

Anagrams

• AHCI, Achi, chai

Classical Nahuatl

Noun

chia (inanimate)

1. Obsolete spelling of chiyan

Esperanto

Determiner

chia

1. H-system spelling of ?ia

French

Verb

chia

1. third-person singular past historic of chier

Min Nan

Portuguese

Verb

chia

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of chiar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of chiar

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [t??i???]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [t??i???]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ci???]

Verb

chia

1. (arithmetic) to divide

2. to distribute or share (something among a group of people)
3. (grammar) to conjugate

Derived terms