A small cancha or playing field; a diminutive form suggesting a smaller court or enclosed space.
From 'cancha' plus the Spanish diminutive suffix '-ito,' which adds a sense of smallness or endearment. This shows how Spanish diminutives can be applied to Quechua-origin words.
The '-ito' suffix is so productive in Spanish that you can add it to almost anything to make it small and cute—'canchito' is how Spanish speakers say 'little field,' turning an indigenous word into a Spanish diminutive form.
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