zanza

English

Noun

zanza (plural zanzas)

1. (music) A kind of thumb piano from Africa.
   • 2013, Simon Emmerson, Living Electronic Music, page 20:

     Idealized membranes, plates and bars are clearly inadequate and give way to the reality of tablas, gongs and zanzas.

Italian

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈd͡zan.d͡za/
• Rhymes: -andza
• Hyphenation: zàn‧za

Noun

zanza m (invariable)

1. (northern Italy) swindler, fraudster

   Synonyms: imbroglione, truffatore, furfante

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˌd͡zanˈd͡za/^*, (traditional) ^*/ˈt͡san.t͡sa/
• Rhymes: -a, (traditional) -antsa
• Hyphenation: (traditional) zàn‧za

Noun

zanza f (invariable)

1. Alternative spelling of tsantsa (“tsantsa”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈd͡zan.d͡za/
• Rhymes: -andza
• Hyphenation: zàn‧za

Noun

zanza f (plural zanze)

1. (regional, colloquial) Clipping of zanzara (“mosquito”).

Further reading

• zanza in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• zanza in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɐ̃.zɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃zɐ
• Hyphenation: zan‧za

Verb

zanza

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