zaranda
Spanish, noun/θaˈɾanda/
zaranda is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “shaker (machine)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Instrumento empleado para separar partículas segun su tamaño, consiste en una tela o malla sujetos a un aro y…”.
What does zaranda mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineshaker (machine)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrumento empleado para separar partículas segun su tamaño, consiste en una tela o malla sujetos a un aro y por la que se hace pasar la sustancia a separar. 2. Cedazo rectangular con fondo de red de tomiza, que se emplea en los lagares para separar los escobajos de la casca. 3. Instrumento metálico empleado para colar jaleas. 4. Trompa.
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 zaranda
- zarandas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zaranda?
- /θaˈɾanda/
- [θaˈɾãn̪.d̪a]
- /saˈɾanda/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zaranda
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zaranda in Spanish?
zaranda appears about once in every 16 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).