paraguas
See also: paragüas
Fala edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish paraguas (“umbrella, parasol”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
paraguas m (plural paraguas)
References edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Verb-object compound, composed of para (“to stop”) + aguas (“water(s)”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
paraguas m (plural paraguas)
- umbrella, brolly (UK)
- 2011, Héctor Abad Faciolince, Oriente empieza en El Cairo, alfaguara, →ISBN:
- No sirven las gabardinas ni los paraguas en Egipto.
- Raincoats and umbrellas are useless in Egypt.
- plural of paragua
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Catalan: paraigua (calque)
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “paraguas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- paraguas on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es