zaranda
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic سَرَنْد (“sarand”), from Persian سَرَنْد (sarand, “sieve”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θaˈɾanda/ [θaˈɾãn̪.d̪a] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /saˈɾanda/ [saˈɾãn̪.d̪a] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -anda
- Syllabification: za‧ran‧da
Noun
zaranda f (plural zarandas)
- shaker (machine)
Further reading
- “zaranda”, 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