guayaba

English

Alternative forms

guayava
guayabo (obsolete)

Etymology

From Spanish guayaba, from Taíno/Lokono guayabo (“guava tree”). Doublet of guava, by which it has been largely displaced.

Noun

guayaba (plural guayabas)

(uncommon) The guava (tree or fruit).

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡwaˈʝaba/ [ɡwaˈʝa.β̞a]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡwaˈʃaba/ [ɡwaˈʃa.β̞a]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡwaˈʒaba/ [ɡwaˈʒa.β̞a]

Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -aba
Syllabification: gua‧ya‧ba

Etymology 1

From Taíno/Lokono.

Noun

guayaba f (plural guayabas)

guava (fruit)

Derived terms

(El Salvador) guayabear
guayabera
guayabero
guayabo

Descendants

→ Bikol Central: bayawas
→ Belizean Creole: gwaava
→ Rakhine: ဂိုယံသီး
→ Tagalog: bayabas

Verb

guayaba

first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of guayar

Further reading

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

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