cierzo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin cercius, circius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθjeɾθo/ [ˈθjeɾ.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsjeɾso/ [ˈsjeɾ.so]
• Rhymes: -eɾθo
• Rhymes: -eɾso
• Syllabification: cier‧zo

Noun

cierzo m (plural cierzos)

1. (Spain) north-west wind in the Ebro valley

Coordinate terms

• mistral

Further reading

• “cierzo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
• cierzo on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es