tamizaje

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish tamiz

Spanish -ar

Spanish tamizar

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātus

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icus

Latin -āticus

Latin -āticum

Old French -agebor.

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Latin -āticum

Old Occitan -atgebor.

Spanish -aje

Spanish tamizaje

From tamizar + -aje.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tamiˈθaxe/ [t̪a.miˈθa.xe] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /tamiˈsaxe/ [t̪a.miˈsa.xe] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -axe
• Syllabification: ta‧mi‧za‧je

Noun

tamizaje m (plural tamizajes)

1. (medicine) screening

   Synonyms: cribado, tamizado

Further reading

• “tamizaje”, 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