zanza

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English

Noun

zanza (plural zanzas)

  1. (music) A kind of thumb piano from Africa.
    • 2013, Simon Emmerson, Living Electronic Music, page 20:
      Idealized membranes, plates and bars are clearly inadequate and give way to the reality of tablas, gongs and zanzas.

Italian

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): */ˈd͡zan.d͡za/
  • Rhymes: -andza
  • Hyphenation: zàn‧za

Noun

zanza m (invariable)

  1. (northern Italy) swindler, fraudster
    Synonyms: imbroglione, truffatore, furfante

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): */ˌd͡zanˈd͡za/*, (traditional) */ˈt͡san.t͡sa/[1]
  • Rhymes: -a, (traditional) -antsa
  • Hyphenation: (traditional) zàn‧za

Noun

zanza f (invariable)

  1. Alternative spelling of tsantsa (“tsantsa”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): */ˈd͡zan.d͡za/
  • Rhymes: -andza
  • Hyphenation: zàn‧za

Noun

zanza f (plural zanze)

  1. (regional, colloquial) Clipping of zanzara (“mosquito”).

References

  1. ^ zanza in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

  • zanza in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • zanza in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Verb

zanza

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