guacamayo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Taíno huacamayo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡwakaˈmaʝo/ [ɡwa.kaˈma.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡwakaˈmaʝo/ [ɡwa.kaˈma.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡwakaˈmaʃo/ [ɡwa.kaˈma.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡwakaˈmaʒo/ [ɡwa.kaˈma.ʒo]

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• Rhymes: -aʝo
• Syllabification: gua‧ca‧ma‧yo

Noun

guacamayo m (plural guacamayos)

1. (El Salvador, Honduras) macaw

   Synonym: guacamaya

Further reading

• “guacamayo”, 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