cizalla
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
- Syllabification: ci‧za‧lla
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from French cisailles.
Noun edit
cizalla f (plural cizallas)
- bolt cutter
- Synonyms: cortapernos, napoleón
- tin snips
- Synonyms: tijeras cortachapas, tijeras de hojalatero
- throatless shear, lever shears, brench shears
- Synonym: cizalla de palanca
- rotary trimmer
- shears, pair of shears, cutter
Usage notes edit
- Used more in the plural form with the same meaning.
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
cizalla
- inflection of cizallar:
Further reading edit
- “cizalla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014