cizaña

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θiˈθaɲa/ [θiˈθa.ɲa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /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)

1. darnel, tare (grass weed)
2. (figuratively) an injurious thing or action
3. (figuratively) dissension, enmity

Derived terms

• cizañar
• cizañero
• cizañoso
• meter cizaña

 

Etymology 2

Verb

cizaña

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

Further reading

• “cizaña”, 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