cizaña
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θiˈθaɲa/ [θiˈθa.ɲa]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /siˈsaɲa/ [siˈsa.ɲa]
- 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
- zizaña (obsolete)
Noun
cizaña f (plural cizañas)
- darnel, tare (grass weed)
- (figuratively) an injurious thing or action
- (figuratively) dissension, enmity
Derived terms
Verb
cizaña
- inflection of cizañar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “cizaña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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