cizaña
Spanish
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /θiˈθaɲa/ [θiˈθa.ɲa]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /siˈsaɲa/ [siˈsa.ɲa]
- Rhymes: -aɲa
- Syllabification: ci‧za‧ña
Etymology 1
editInherited from Latin zizānia, from Ancient Greek ζιζάνια (zizánia), plural of ζιζάνιον (zizánion), a type of weed, possibly darnel.
Alternative forms
editNoun
editcizaña f (plural cizañas)
- darnel, tare (grass weed)
- (figuratively) an injurious thing or action
- (figuratively) dissension, enmity
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editVerb
editcizaña
- inflection of cizañar:
Further reading
edit- “cizaña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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