yacaré

See also: yacare

Spanish

Etymology

From Guaraní [Term?].

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ʝakaˈɾe/ [ɟ͡ʝa.kaˈɾe]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʝakaˈɾe/ [ɟ͡ʝa.kaˈɾe]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃakaˈɾe/ [ʃa.kaˈɾe]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒakaˈɾe/ [ʒa.kaˈɾe]

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• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: ya‧ca‧ré

Noun

yacaré m (plural yacarés)

1. (South America) caiman

   Synonym: caimán

Further reading

• “yacaré”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014