maracuyá

See also: maracuya

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi murukuîá or from Guaraní mburukuja; compare Portuguese maracujá.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /maɾakuˈʝa/ [ma.ɾa.kuˈʝa]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /maɾakuˈʝa/ [ma.ɾa.kuˈʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /maɾakuˈʃa/ [ma.ɾa.kuˈʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /maɾakuˈʒa/ [ma.ɾa.kuˈʒa]

• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ma‧ra‧cu‧yá

Noun

maracuyá m (plural maracuyás)

1. passion fruit (specifically Passiflora edulis)

   Synonyms: (Nicaragua) calala, (Dominican Republic) chinola, fruto de pasionaria, (Argentina, Spain) fruta de la pasión, maracujá de Brasil, (Puerto Rico) parcha, (Canary Islands, Venezuela) parchita, granadilla

See also

• pasionaria f

Further reading

• “maracuyá”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28