yarará

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Paraguayan Guaraní jarara.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʝaɾaˈɾa/ [ɟ͡ʝa.ɾaˈɾa]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃaɾaˈɾa/ [ʃa.ɾaˈɾa]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒaɾaˈɾa/ [ʒa.ɾaˈɾa]

Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: ya‧ra‧rá

Noun

yarará f (plural yararás)

Any of a number of pit vipers of the genus Bothrops
- 2016 November 16, “Vecinos denuncian la aparición de tarántulas y hay temor en Quilmes”, in Clarin‎:
  Mirá también: Una nena mordida reavivó el alerta por las yararás "En mi casa aparecen todo el tiempo.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

yarará ñata

Descendants

→ English: yarara

Further reading

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

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