aguaviva
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From agua (“water”) + viva (“living”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /aɡwaˈbiba/ [a.ɣ̞waˈβ̞i.β̞a]
Audio (Spain): (file) - Rhymes: -iba
- Syllabification: a‧gua‧vi‧va
Noun edit
aguaviva f (plural aguavivas)
- (southern Spain, Canary Islands, Argentina, Chile, Puerto Rico, Uruguay) jellyfish
Further reading edit
- “aguaviva”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014