bayuca

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /baˈʝuka/ [baˈʝu.ka]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /baˈʝuka/ [baˈʝu.ka]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /baˈʃuka/ [baˈʃu.ka]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /baˈʒuka/ [baˈʒu.ka]

• Rhymes: -uka
• Syllabification: ba‧yu‧ca

Noun

bayuca f (plural bayucas)

1. tavern

   Synonym: taberna

   • 1642, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Las jácaras‎^[1]:

     Si estoy enjaulado o no, el diablo tuvo la culpa, porque dio en chismoso el diablo y fue a avisar a la gura de que sin armas estaba envainado en la bayuca.

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Descendants

• → Galician: baiuca

Further reading

• “bayuca”, 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