guasca

Spanish

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwaska/ [ˈɡwas.ka]
• Rhymes: -aska
• Syllabification: guas‧ca

Noun

guasca f

1. A flowering plant, native to Mexico, shaggy soldier (Galinsoga quadriradiata)
2. (uncountable) a genre of music, popular in Colombia but with Mexican roots, popular from the 1940s

Further reading

• “guasca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• “guasca” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010.