maracayá

Spanish

Alternative forms

margay

Etymology

Borrowed from Guaraní mbarakaja.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /maɾakaˈʝa/ [ma.ɾa.kaˈʝa]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /maɾakaˈʃa/ [ma.ɾa.kaˈʃa]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /maɾakaˈʒa/ [ma.ɾa.kaˈʒa]

Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: ma‧ra‧ca‧yá

Noun

maracayá m (plural maracayás)

the margay
Synonyms: gato tigre, tigrillo, cunaguaro, caucel, margay

Further reading

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

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