guadaña

See also: Guadana

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwaˈdaɲa/ [ɡwaˈð̞a.ɲa]
• Rhymes: -aɲa
• Syllabification: gua‧da‧ña

Etymology 1

Of Germanic origin, (compare Spanish guadañar (“to mow”)), probably from Old Frankish *waiþanjan (“to pasture, forage”), from Proto-Germanic *waiþō (“hunt, pasture, food”), or derived from guadañar. Cognate with Old High German weidanōn (“to hunt, forage for food”) and Sicilian vadagna. More at gain.

Noun

guadaña f (plural guadañas)

1. scythe

   Synonym: (Chile) echona

Descendants

• Galician: gadaña
• Portuguese: gadanha

See also

• hoz

Etymology 2

Verb

guadaña

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

Further reading

• “guadaña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16