cizalla
Spanish
A bolt cutter
Tin snips
Throatless shear
rotary trimmer
Etymology
From French cisailles.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain) /θiˈθaʝa/ [θiˈθa.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /θiˈθaʎa/ [θiˈθa.ʎa]
- IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /siˈsaʝa/ [siˈsa.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (Andes Mountains) /siˈsaʎa/ [siˈsa.ʎa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /siˈsaʃa/ [siˈsa.ʃa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /siˈsaʒa/ [siˈsa.ʒa]
- (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -aʝa
- (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -aʎa
- (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -aʃa
- (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -aʒa
- Syllabification: ci‧za‧lla
Noun
cizalla f (plural cizallas)
- bolt cutter
- Synonyms: cortapernos, napoleón
- tin snips
- Synonyms: tijeras cortachapas, tijeras de hojalatero
- throatless shear, lever shears, brench shears
- Synonym: cizalla de palanca
- rotary trimmer
- shears, pair of shears, cutter
Usage notes
- Used more in the plural form with the same meaning.
Derived terms
- cizallar
Verb
cizalla
- inflection of cizallar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “cizalla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014