cizalladura

Spanish

Etymology

From cizallar +‎ -dura.

Pronunciation

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

IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /sisaʝaˈduɾa/ [si.sa.ʝaˈð̞u.ɾa]
IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /sisaʎaˈduɾa/ [si.sa.ʎaˈð̞u.ɾa]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /sisaʃaˈduɾa/ [si.sa.ʃaˈð̞u.ɾa]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /sisaʒaˈduɾa/ [si.sa.ʒaˈð̞u.ɾa]

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:
  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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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