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noun, feminine

zarandaja

/θaɾanˈdaxa/

noun, feminine/θaɾanˈdaxa/plural: zarandajas

trifle; petty thing; female equivalent of zarandajo

La reacción inmediata de demasiados españoles es poner el grito en el cielo por cualquier zarandaja.The immediate reaction of many Spaniards is to raise an outcry over every little thing.

From the feminine form of serondo (“delayed (of a fruit ripening)”), with influence from zaranda (“shaker”).