cabuya

Spanish

Etymology

From Taíno kabuya.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /kaˈbuʝa/ [kaˈβ̞u.ʝa]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kaˈbuʃa/ [kaˈβ̞u.ʃa]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kaˈbuʒa/ [kaˈβ̞u.ʒa]

Rhymes: -uʝa
Syllabification: ca‧bu‧ya

Noun

cabuya f (plural cabuyas)

sisal
Synonym: pita

Derived terms

cabuyería

Further reading

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

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