añagaza
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Andalusian Arabic النَّقَّازَة (an-naqqáza), from Arabic نَقَّاز (naqqāz, “jumping bird”), from decoy birds that loosened themselves by jumping.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /aɲaˈɡaθa/ [a.ɲaˈɣ̞a.θa]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aɲaˈɡasa/ [a.ɲaˈɣ̞a.sa]
- Rhymes: -aθa
- Rhymes: -asa
- Syllabification: a‧ña‧ga‧za
Noun
[edit]añagaza f (plural añagazas)
- (hunting) decoy
- trick, trap
- 2017 May 26, “Con la Iglesia han topado”, in El Nacional[1]:
- El caso de Maduro y su gobierno es diferente: estos sí se toparon con la Iglesia por sus impertinencias y ese empeño, digno de mejor causa, de tratar de encontrar diferencias en todos los que se les oponen, como añagaza para meter de contrabando la intriga malsana de la división del contrario.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
[edit]- “añagaza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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