chigüire

Spanish

Alternative forms

• chigüiro (Colombia)

Etymology

Borrowed from Cumanagoto [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈɡwiɾe/ [t͡ʃiˈɣ̞wi.ɾe]
• Rhymes: -iɾe
• Syllabification: chi‧güi‧re

Noun

chigüire m (plural chigüires)

1. (Venezuela) capybara

   Synonym: carpincho

Further reading

• “chigüire”, 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