aceña

See also: acena

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَانِيَة (sāniya), via Andalusian Arabic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aˈθeɲa/ [aˈθe.ɲa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aˈseɲa/ [aˈse.ɲa]
• Rhymes: -eɲa
• Syllabification: a‧ce‧ña

Noun

aceña f (plural aceñas)

1. water mill; flour mill

   Synonym: molino

2. water wheel

   Synonym: azud

3. bulrush, cattail (Typha latifolia)

   Synonyms: espadaña, gladio

Further reading

• aceña on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es
• “aceña”, 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