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Spanish
Etymology
From guadaña, or from Old Spanish guadanyar, from Vulgar Latin *wadaniāre, from Frankish *waiþanōn. The semantics shifted to "win/gain/earn" in most of the other Romance languages.
Compare Portuguese ganhar, Catalan guanyar, French gagner, Italian guadagnare. See also Spanish ganar (“gain, win, earn”), from a different root influenced by the etymon of this word.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡwadaˈɲaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: gua‧da‧ñar
Verb
guadañar (first-person singular present guadaño, first-person singular preterite guadañé, past participle guadañado)
- (transitive) to scythe; mow
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