tristeza

American  

[trih-stey-zuh] / trɪˈsteɪ zə /

noun

Plant Pathology.

1. a disease of certain citrus trees, characterized by yellowed leaves, wilting, and root destruction, caused by a virus.

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Etymology

Origin of tristeza

First recorded in 1900–05; from Latin American Spanish: literally, “sadness,” from Latin trīstitia

Example Sentences

In the 1950s, another terminal disease called quick decline — also known as la tristeza, or “the sadness” — prompted farmers to bulldoze thousands of acres of orchards to make way for tract housing.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024

Georgina Centeno, gineco-obstetra que trabajó en Ciudad de México antes de llegar a Salinas, dijo que ha tenido pacientes que se abren sobre preocupaciones íntimas de salud e incluso tristeza durante la primera cita.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2023

Pero dos de sus abuelas murieron de covid durante el punto álgido de la pandemia, de modo que la familia quedó sumida en la tristeza.

From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2022

En el liviano y candoroso canto veo la tristeza pasar donde ...

From Seattle Times • Jul. 13, 2012

It is often called Spanish fever, acclimation fever, red water, black water, distemper, murrain, dry murrain, yellow murrain, bloody murrain, Australian tick fever, and tristeza of South America.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry