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noun, feminine

zarandaja

/θaɾanˈdaxa/

noun, feminine/θaɾanˈdaxa/plural: zarandajas

zarandaja is feminine in Spanish.

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”).