cizalladura

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Spanish

Etymology

From cizallar +‎ -dura.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain) /θiθaʝaˈduɾa/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /θiθaʎaˈduɾa/
 
  • IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /sisaʝaˈduɾa/
  • IPA(key): (Andes Mountains) /sisaʎaˈduɾa/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /sisaʃaˈduɾa/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /sisaʒaˈduɾa/

  • Rhymes: -uɾa
  • Syllabification: ci‧za‧lla‧du‧ra

Noun

cizalladura f (plural cizalladuras)

  1. (meteorology) wind shear
    • 2017 September 7, “Las "condiciones perfectas" que hacen al huracán Irma más peligroso de lo que se esperaba”, in El Comercio:
      Estos son los factores: - La cizalladura o cortante del viento (el cambio en el viento que se produce con la altura) es baja.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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