guarana

See also: guaraná

English

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• guaraná

Etymology

From Brazilian Portuguese guaraná, from Guaraní guara-ná, from Sateré-Mawé warana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwəˈɹɑːnə/

Noun

guarana (plural guaranas)

1. A tree, Paullinia cupana, native to Venezuela and northern Brazil.
2. The fruit from this tree, chiefly used to make caffeinated beverages.
   • 2004, Bennett Alan Weinberg, Bonnie K. Bealer, The World of Caffeine: The Science and Culture of the World's Most Popular Drug, Routledge, →ISBN, pages 192–193:

     Brazilians consume more than six billion quarts of soft drinks a year, making Brazil the third-largest soft drink market in the world, after Mexico and the United States, and guarana-based drinks make up 25 percent of this market.

3. An edible paste prepared from the seeds of the tree, formed into round or oblong cakes.

Derived terms

• guaranine

Translations

tree

• Bulgarian: гуарана f (guarana)
• Chinese:

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• Finnish: guarana (fi)
• French: guarana (fr)
• Japanese: ガラナ (garana)
• Portuguese: guaraná (pt) m

fruit

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

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• Finnish: guarana (fi)
• Italian: guaranà m
• Portuguese: guaraná (pt) m

paste

• Finnish: guaranamassa

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French guarana.

Noun

guarana f (uncountable)

1. guarana

Declension

declension of guarana (singular only)

	singular
f gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) guarana	guaranaua
genitive/dative	(unei) -	-i
vocative