guaya

See also: guayá

Ladino

Noun

guaya f (Latin spelling, plural guayas)

1. cry of despair

Derived terms

• fazer guayas/echar guayas

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwaʝa/ [ˈɡwa.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈɡwaʝa/ [ˈɡwa.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈɡwaʃa/ [ˈɡwa.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈɡwaʒa/ [ˈɡwa.ʒa]

• Rhymes: -aʝa
• Syllabification: gua‧ya

Etymology 1

Verb

guaya

1. inflection of guayar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English wire.

Noun

guaya f (plural guayas)

1. (Venezuela) metallic wire

Further reading

• “guaya”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28