guacamaya

Spanish

Guacamaya roja en la Selva Lacandona

Etymology

Variant of guacamayo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡwakaˈmaʝa/ [ɡwa.kaˈma.ʝa]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡwakaˈmaʃa/ [ɡwa.kaˈma.ʃa]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡwakaˈmaʒa/ [ɡwa.kaˈma.ʒa]

Rhymes: -aʝa
Syllabification: gua‧ca‧ma‧ya

Noun

guacamaya f (plural guacamayas)

(Central America, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela) macaw
(Cuba, Honduras) candle bush (Senna alata)

Derived terms

guacamaya francesa

Further reading

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

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