cizaña

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θiˈθaɲa/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /siˈsaɲa/
  • Rhymes: -aɲa
  • Syllabification: ci‧za‧ña

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin zizānia, from Ancient Greek ζιζάνια (zizánia), plural of ζιζάνιον (zizánion), a type of weed, possibly darnel.

Alternative forms

Noun

cizaña f (plural cizañas)

  1. darnel, tare (grass weed)
  2. (figuratively) an injurious thing or action
  3. (figuratively) dissension, enmity
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

cizaña

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

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