cizalladura

Spanish

Etymology

From cizallar +‎ -dura.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /θiθaʝaˈduɾa/ [θi.θa.ʝaˈð̞u.ɾa] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)

• IPA^(key): /θiθaʝaˈduɾa/ [θi.θa.ʝaˈð̞u.ɾa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain)
• IPA^(key): /θiθaʎaˈduɾa/ [θi.θa.ʎaˈð̞u.ɾa] (rustic northern Spain)

 

• IPA^(key): /sisaʝaˈduɾa/ [si.sa.ʝaˈð̞u.ɾa] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /sisaʝaˈduɾa/ [si.sa.ʝaˈð̞u.ɾa] (most of Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /sisaʎaˈduɾa/ [si.sa.ʎaˈð̞u.ɾa] (Andes Mountains Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

 

• IPA^(key): /sisaʃaˈduɾa/ [si.sa.ʃaˈð̞u.ɾa] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /sisaʃaˈduɾa/ [si.sa.ʃaˈð̞u.ɾa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /sisaʒaˈduɾa/ [si.sa.ʒaˈð̞u.ɾa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: ci‧za‧lla‧du‧ra

Noun

cizalladura f (plural cizalladuras)

1. (meteorology) wind shear
   • 2017 September 7, “Las "condiciones perfectas" que hacen al huracán Irma más peligroso de lo que se esperaba”, in El Comercio‎^[1]:

     Estos son los factores: - La cizalladura o cortante del viento (el cambio en el viento que se produce con la altura) es baja.

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Further reading

• “cizalladura”, 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