guagua

See also: Guagua

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡwaɡwa/ [ˈɡwa.ɣ̞wa]
  • Rhymes: -aɡwa
  • Syllabification: gua‧gua

Etymology 1

Onomatopoetic of the sound made by the wheel suspension of the bus. (The public transport buses in the Canary Islands were not very modern in the early years.) The Royal Spanish Academy considers this etymology debatable.

Noun

guagua f (plural guaguas)

  1. a trivial thing
  2. (Caribbean, Canary Islands) bus (with a fixed route)
    Synonyms: (Argentina, Mexico) colectivo, combi, (Mexico City) pesero
  3. (Cuba, Dominican Republic) hemipter
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Quechua wawa (“infant, child”).

Noun

guagua f (plural guaguas)

  1. (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru) baby, infant
    Synonym: bebé
  2. (Peru) a type of sweet bread shaped like a baby
See also

Further reading
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.