guadañar

Meaning

to scythe; mow

Concepts

scythe

mow

cut

reap

cut grass

Synonyms

segar

cortar

Translations

mähen

faucher

falciare

gadanhar

sensen

ceifar

segar

fraucher

faux

mietere

maaien

Hyphenated as

gua‧da‧ñar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡwadaˈɲaɾ/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish: guadanyar

Cognate with Portuguese: ganhar

Cognate with Catalan: guanyar

Cognate with French: gagner

Cognate with Italian: guadagnare

In summary

From guadaña, or from Old Spanish guadanyar, from Vulgar Latin *wadaniāre, from Frankish *waiþanōn. The semantics shifted to "win/gain/earn" in most of the other Romance languages.
Compare Portuguese ganhar, Catalan guanyar, French gagner, Italian guadagnare. See also Spanish ganar (“gain, win, earn”), from a different root influenced by the etymon of this word.