buganvilla

Spanish

Alternative forms

• buganvilia (Latin America)

Etymology

From the surname of Louis Antoine de Bougainville, the French admiral and explorer who first brought the plant to Europe.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /buɡamˈbiʝa/ [bu.ɣ̞ãmˈbi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /buɡamˈbiʝa/ [bu.ɣ̞ãmˈbi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /buɡamˈbiʎa/ [bu.ɣ̞ãmˈbi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /buɡamˈbiʃa/ [bu.ɣ̞ãmˈbi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /buɡamˈbiʒa/ [bu.ɣ̞ãmˈbi.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: bu‧gan‧vi‧lla

Noun

buganvilla f (plural buganvillas)

1. (chiefly Spain) bougainvillea

Further reading

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