cizalla

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /θiˈθaʝa/ [θiˈθa.ʝa] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)

• IPA^(key): /θiˈθaʝa/ [θiˈθa.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain)
• IPA^(key): /θiˈθaʎa/ [θiˈθa.ʎa] (rural northern Spain)

 

• IPA^(key): /siˈsaʝa/ [siˈsa.ʝa] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /siˈsaʝa/ [siˈsa.ʝa] (most of Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /siˈsaʎa/ [siˈsa.ʎa] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

 

• IPA^(key): /siˈsaʃa/ [siˈsa.ʃa] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /siˈsaʃa/ [siˈsa.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /siˈsaʒa/ [siˈsa.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -aʝa

• Rhymes: -aʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
• Rhymes: -aʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -aʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: ci‧za‧lla

Etymology 1

A bolt cutter

Tin snips

Throatless shear

rotary trimmer

Borrowed from French cisailles.

Noun

cizalla f (plural cizallas)

1. bolt cutter

   Synonyms: cortapernos, napoleón

2. tin snips

   Synonyms: tijeras cortachapas, tijeras de hojalatero

3. throatless shear, lever shears, brench shears

   Synonym: cizalla de palanca

4. rotary trimmer
5. shears, pair of shears, cutter

Usage notes

• Used more in the plural form with the same meaning.

Derived terms

• cizallar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cizalla

1. inflection of cizallar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “cizalla”, 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