cizaña

Spanish

Alternative forms

zizaña (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin zīzania, from Ancient Greek ζιζάνια (zizánia), plural of ζιζάνιον (zizánion), a type of weed, possibly darnel.

Pronunciation

(Castilian) IPA^(key): /θiˈθaɲa/

(Latin America) IPA^(key): /siˈsaɲa/

Noun

cizaña f (plural cizañas)

darnel, tare (grass weed)
(figuratively) an injurious thing or action
(figuratively) dissension, enmity

Derived terms

cizañar
cizañero

References

“cizaña” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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