cizalla

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θiˈθaʝa/ [θiˈθa.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /θiˈθaʝa/ [θiˈθa.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /θiˈθaʎa/ [θiˈθa.ʎa]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /siˈsaʝa/ [siˈsa.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /siˈsaʝa/ [siˈsa.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /siˈsaʎa/ [siˈsa.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /siˈsaʃa/ [siˈsa.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /siˈsaʒa/ [siˈsa.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -aʝa

• Rhymes: -aʝa
• Rhymes: -aʎa
• Rhymes: -aʃa
• Rhymes: -aʒa

• Syllabification: ci‧za‧lla

Etymology 1

A bolt cutter

Tin snips

Throatless shear

rotary trimmer

Borrowed from French cisailles.

Noun

cizalla f (plural cizallas)

1. bolt cutter

   Synonyms: cortapernos, napoleón

2. tin snips

   Synonyms: tijeras cortachapas, tijeras de hojalatero

3. throatless shear, lever shears, brench shears

   Synonym: cizalla de palanca

4. rotary trimmer
5. shears, pair of shears, cutter

Usage notes

• Used more in the plural form with the same meaning.

Derived terms

• cizallar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cizalla

1. inflection of cizallar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “cizalla”, 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