guará

Portuguese

guará (Eudocimus ruber)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡwaˈɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡwɐˈɾa/

• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: gua‧rá

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Tupi gûará.

Noun

guará m (plural guarás)

1. (Brazil) scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Tupi agûará.

Noun

guará m (plural guarás)

1. Alternative form of aguará

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Guaraní aguará (“fox”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwaˈɾa/ [ɡwaˈɾa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: gua‧rá

Noun

guará m (plural guarás)

1. Falkland Islands wolf (Dusicyon australis)

Descendants

• → English: warrah