azagaya

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aθaˈɡaʝa/ [a.θaˈɣ̞a.ʝa]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /asaˈɡaʝa/ [a.saˈɣ̞a.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America, Philippines) /asaˈɡaʝa/ [a.saˈɣ̞a.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /asaˈɡaʃa/ [a.saˈɣ̞a.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /asaˈɡaʒa/ [a.saˈɣ̞a.ʒa]

• Rhymes: -aʝa
• Syllabification: a‧za‧ga‧ya

Noun

azagaya f (plural azagayas)

1. assegai (weapon)

Further reading

• “azagaya”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10