guasca

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwaska/ [ˈɡwas.ka]

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• 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
• “guasca” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010