cizalladura

Spanish

Etymology

From cizallar +‎ -dura.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /θiθaʝaˈduɾa/ [θi.θa.ʝaˈð̞u.ɾa] (most of Spain)
IPA^(key): /θiθaʎaˈduɾa/ [θi.θa.ʎaˈð̞u.ɾa] (rural northern Spain)

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

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)

(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.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

“cizalladura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024