maracuyá

See also: maracuya

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi mboruku'ya, or from Guaraní; compare Portuguese maracujá.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /maɾakuˈʝa/ [ma.ɾa.kuˈʝa]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /maɾakuˈʃa/ [ma.ɾa.kuˈʃa]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /maɾakuˈʒa/ [ma.ɾa.kuˈʒa]

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

Noun

maracuyá m (plural maracuyás)

passion fruit (specifically Passiflora edulis)
Synonyms: (Nicaragua) calala, (Dominican Republic) chinola, fruto de pasionaria, (Argentina, Spain) fruta de la pasión, maracujá de Brasil, (Puerto Rico) parcha, (Canary Islands, Venezuela) parchita, granadilla

See also

pasionaria f

Further reading

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

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