cítara

See also: citara and citará

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cithara. Doublet of cistre and guitarra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsi.tə.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsi.ta.ɾa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

cítara f (plural cítares)

1. zither

Derived terms

• citarista

Further reading

• “cítara”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈθitaɾa/ [ˈθi.t̪a.ɾɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈθitaɾa/ [ˈθi.t̪a.ɾɐ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /ˈsitaɾa/ [ˈsi.t̪a.ɾɐ]

• Rhymes: -itaɾa
• Hyphenation: cí‧ta‧ra

Noun

cítara f (plural cítaras)

1. zither

Derived terms

• citarista

Further reading

• “cítara”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Portuguese

cítara

Alternative forms

• cíthara (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára, “kind of harp”). Doublet of guitarra, which entered through Arabic, and of cítola and cistre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ta.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ta.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ta.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.tɐ.ɾɐ/

Noun

cítara f (plural cítaras)

1. zither (musical instrument)

Derived terms

• citarista

Related terms

• guitarra, lira

Further reading

• “cítara”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cítara” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “cítara”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára). Doublet of guitarra and cedra, the former entered through Arabic, and the latter was inherited from a Vulgar Latin variant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθitaɾa/ [ˈθi.t̪a.ɾa] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsitaɾa/ [ˈsi.t̪a.ɾa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -itaɾa
• Syllabification: cí‧ta‧ra

Noun

cítara f (plural cítaras)

1. (music) zither (musical instrument)

Derived terms

• citarista

Related terms

• guitarra

Further reading

• “cítara”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025