guayabera

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guayabera.

Noun

guayabera (plural guayaberas)

1. (chiefly US) A light, open-necked, short-sleeved shirt worn by men in Latin America and the West Indies. [from 20th c.]
   • 2013, Amy Wilentz, Farewell, Fred Voodoo, Simon & Schuster, page 85:

     So he was quite peremptory when a slight, soft-spoken man in a guayabera, trousers, and sandals began chatting with him and did not seem likely to stop.

Spanish

Dos hombres en guayaberas

Etymology

From guayaba +‎ -era.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡwaʝaˈbeɾa/ [ɡwa.ʝaˈβ̞e.ɾa]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡwaʝaˈbeɾa/ [ɡwa.ʝaˈβ̞e.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡwaʃaˈbeɾa/ [ɡwa.ʃaˈβ̞e.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡwaʒaˈbeɾa/ [ɡwa.ʒaˈβ̞e.ɾa]

• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: gua‧ya‧be‧ra

Noun

guayabera f (plural guayaberas)

1. guayabera

Descendants

• → English: guayabera

Further reading

• “guayabero”, 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