cizaña
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θiˈθaɲa/ [θiˈθa.ɲa]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /siˈsaɲa/ [siˈsa.ɲa]
- Rhymes: -aɲa
- Syllabification: ci‧za‧ña
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Latin zizānia, from Ancient Greek ζιζάνια (zizánia), plural of ζιζάνιον (zizánion), a type of weed, possibly darnel.
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
cizaña f (plural cizañas)
- darnel, tare (grass weed)
- (figuratively) an injurious thing or action
- (figuratively) dissension, enmity
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
cizaña
- inflection of cizañar:
Further reading edit
- “cizaña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014