maracuyá
See also: maracuya
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Tupi mboruku'ya, or from Guaraní; compare Portuguese maracujá.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: ma‧ra‧cu‧yá
Noun edit
maracuyá m (plural maracuyás)
- passion fruit (specifically Passiflora edulis)
- Synonyms: (Nicaragua) calala, (Dominican Republic) chinola, fruto de pasionaria, (Argentina, Spain) fruta de la pasión, maracujá de Brasil, (Puerto Rico) parcha, (Canary Islands, Venezuela) parchita, granadilla
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “maracuyá”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014