guacamaya

Spanish

Guacamaya roja en la Selva Lacandona

Etymology

Variant of guacamayo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡwakaˈmaʝa/ [ɡwa.kaˈma.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡwakaˈmaʝa/ [ɡwa.kaˈma.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡwakaˈmaʃa/ [ɡwa.kaˈma.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡwakaˈmaʒa/ [ɡwa.kaˈma.ʒa]

• Rhymes: -aʝa
• Syllabification: gua‧ca‧ma‧ya

Noun

guacamaya f (plural guacamayas)

1. (Central America, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela) macaw
2. (Cuba, Honduras) candle bush (Senna alata)

Derived terms

• guacamaya francesa

 

Further reading

• “guacamaya”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014