cernada

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Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cinerata, from cinis (cold ashes).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

cernada f (plural cernadas)

  1. lye
    Synonyms: bogada, decoada, lixivia
  2. laundry
    Synonym: bogada
  3. cold ash

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “ceniza”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cinerata, from Latin cinis (cold ashes). Cognate with Galician cernada, Galician cenrada, Portuguese cenrada, Italian cenerata

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θeɾˈnada/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /seɾˈnada/
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: cer‧na‧da

Noun

cernada f (plural cernadas)

  1. (Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua) an alkaline solution (often made with lye or lime) in which maize grains have been cooked during nixtamalization; remaining liquid after nixtamalization
  2. (rare) insoluble ash residue that remains after lye has been used for washing clothes

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