campaña

See also: campana and Campana

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish campaña.

Noun

campaña

1. campaign

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin campānia (whence also Italian campagna, Portuguese campanha, French champagne), from campāneus, based on Latin campus (“level field”). Doublet of champán or champaña, borrowed from French, and campiña, from Andalusian Arabic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kamˈpaɲa/ [kãmˈpa.ɲa]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -aɲa
• Syllabification: cam‧pa‧ña

Noun

campaña f (plural campañas)

1. campaign
2. countryside

   Synonyms: campo, campiña

3. (heraldry) base

Hyponyms

• campaña de desprestigio (“smear campaign”)
• campaña de difamación (“smear campaign”)

Derived terms

• tienda de campaña

Related terms

• campiña f
• campo m

Descendants

• > Chavacano: campaña (inherited)
• → Cebuano: kampanya
• → Tagalog: kampanya

Further reading

• “campaña”, 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