guau

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwau/ [ˈɡwau̯]
• Rhymes: -au
• Syllabification: guau

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

¡guau!

1. woof, bow wow (the sound a dog makes when barking)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English wow, with w- changed to gu- as is normal for borrowings from Germanic languages (compare Spanish guardar from Frankish *wardōn).

Interjection

¡guau!

1. wow (all senses)

   Guau, ¡qué bárbaro! ― Wow, that's cool!

Further reading

• “guau”, 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