manzana

Aragonese

Alternative forms

• mazana

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manˈθana/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: man‧za‧na

Noun

manzana f (plural manzanas)

1. apple

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “manzana”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

From Spanish manzana.

Noun

manzana

1. apple.

Spanish

manzanas

Etymology

From earlier mazana, from Vulgar Latin *mattiāna, ellipsis of māla mattiāna, plural of Latin mālum mattiānum (literally “apple of Matius”), referring to a kind of apple. Gaius Matius, a friend of Julius Caesar and Cicero, was a Roman horticulturist and author of cookbooks. Cognate with Portuguese maçã, dialectal Catalan maçana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /manˈθana/ [mãn̟ˈθa.na]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /manˈsana/ [mãnˈsa.na]

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• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: man‧za‧na

Noun

manzana f (plural manzanas)

1. apple

   Synonym: (rare) poma

2. city block

   Synonym: (Americas) cuadra

   dar la vuelta a la manzana ― to go around the block

Derived terms

• Gran Manzana
• manzana de Adán
• manzana de agua
• manzana de caramelo
• manzana de la discordia
• manzana de oro
• manzana podrida
• manzana silvestre
• manzanar
• manzanilla
• manzanita
• manzano
• pastel de manzana
• peras y manzanas
• sumar peras con manzanas
• supermanzana
• tarta de manzana
• zumo de manzana

 

Descendants

• → Asi: mansanas
• → Bikol Central: mansana, mansanas
• → Cebuano: mansanas
• → Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: manzana
• → Ilocano: mansanas
• → Karao: mansanas
• → Maranao: mansanas
• → Navajo: bilasáana
• → Quechua: mansana
• → Tagalog: mansanas
• → Waray-Waray: mansana
• → Western Apache: masáána
• → Yogad: mansanas
• → Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: manzana
• → Zuni: mansana

Further reading

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

Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish manzana.

Noun

manzana

1. apple

References

• Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. (2006) Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de los municipios de Zacatlán, Tepetzintla y Ahuacatlán‎^[1], segunda edición edition, Tlalpan, D.F. México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 20