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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.
Noun
cizaña f (plural cizañas)
- darnel, tare (grass weed)
- (figuratively) an injurious thing or action
- (figuratively) dissension, enmity
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
cizaña
- inflection of cizañar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
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