jácena
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Catalan jàssera or Valencian jàssena, from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic جِسْر (jisr, “bridge”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxaθena/ [ˈxa.θe.na] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /ˈxasena/ [ˈxa.se.na] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aθena (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- Rhymes: -asena (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: já‧ce‧na
Noun
jácena f (plural jácenas)
- (architecture, construction) girder
- Synonym: viga maestra
Further reading
- “jácena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025