guadaña
See also: Guadana
Spanish
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡwaˈdaɲa/ [ɡwaˈð̞a.ɲa]
- Rhymes: -aɲa
- Syllabification: gua‧da‧ña
Noun
guadaña f (plural guadañas)
- scythe
- Synonym: (Chile) echona
Descendants
- Galician: gadaña
- Portuguese: gadanha
See also
- hoz
Verb
guadaña
- inflection of guadañar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “guadaña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014