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cisura

Spanish, noun/θiˈsuɾa/

cisura is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “incision (small cut)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Grieta o hendidura muy fina y de escasa profundidad que se hace en cualquier cosa”.

What does cisura mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineincision (small cut)

  2. 2

    femininefissure, sulcus

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Grieta o hendidura muy fina y de escasa profundidad que se hace en cualquier cosa 2. Herida que se practica en la vena para el sangrado 3. Surco o repliegue ubicado en la superficie de la corteza cerebral que separa las circunvoluciones

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of cisura

  • cisuras plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce cisura?

  • /θiˈsuɾa/
  • [θiˈsu.ɾa]
  • /siˈsuɾa/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to cisura

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is cisura in Spanish?

cisura appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).