cítara

Learned borrowing from Latin cithara. Doublet of cistre and guitarra.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsi.tə.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈsi.ta.ɾa]

cítara f (plural cítares)

1. zither

• citarista

• “cítara” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• Rhymes: -itaɾa
• Hyphenation: cí‧ta‧ra

cítara f (plural cítaras)

1. zither

• citarista

• “cítara” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

• cíthara (obsolete)

Borrowed from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára, “kind of harp”). Doublet of guitarra, which entered through Arabic, and of cítola and cistre.

cítara f (plural cítaras)

1. zither (musical instrument)

• citarista

• guitarra, lira

• “cítara” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Borrowed from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára). Doublet of guitarra, which entered through Arabic. Cf. also Old Spanish cedra, which was inherited from a Vulgar Latin variant.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθitaɾa/ [ˈθi.t̪a.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈsitaɾa/ [ˈsi.t̪a.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -itaɾa
• Syllabification: cí‧ta‧ra

cítara f (plural cítaras)

1. zither (musical instrument)

• “cítara”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014