cimitarra

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian scimitarra (“scimitar”), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.miˈta.ʁɐ/ [si.miˈta.hɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.miˈta.ʁɐ/ [si.miˈta.hɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /si.miˈta.ʁɐ/ [si.miˈta.χɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.miˈta.ʁa/ [si.miˈta.ha]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /si.miˈta.ʁɐ/

• Rhymes: -aʁɐ
• Hyphenation: ci‧mi‧tar‧ra

Noun

cimitarra f (plural cimitarras)

1. scimitar (sword)

   Synonym: alfanje

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian scimitarra (“scimitar”), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θimiˈtara/ [θi.miˈt̪a.ra]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /simiˈtara/ [si.miˈt̪a.ra]
• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: ci‧mi‧ta‧rra

Noun

cimitarra f (plural cimitarras)

1. scimitar

Further reading

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