aguaviva

Spanish

Alternative forms

agua viva

Etymology

From agua (“water”) +‎ viva (“living”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aɡwaˈbiba/ [a.ɣ̞waˈβ̞i.β̞a]
Audio (Spain): (file)
Rhymes: -iba
Syllabification: a‧gua‧vi‧va

Noun

aguaviva f (plural aguavivas)

(southern Spain, Canary Islands, Argentina, Chile, Puerto Rico, Uruguay) jellyfish

Further reading

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

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