aguaviva

Spanish

Alternative forms

• agua viva

Etymology

From agua (“water”) +‎ viva (“living”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡwaˈbiba/ [a.ɣ̞waˈβ̞i.β̞a]

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• Rhymes: -iba
• Syllabification: a‧gua‧vi‧va

Noun

aguaviva f (plural aguavivas)

1. (southern Spain, Canary Islands, Argentina, Chile, Puerto Rico, Uruguay) jellyfish

Further reading

• “aguaviva”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28