julajú

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xulaˈxu/ [xu.laˈxu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: ju‧la‧jú

Noun

julajú m (countable and uncountable, plural julajús or julajúes)

1. (uncountable, Puerto Rico) Alternative form of hula-hula (a game played with a hula hoop)
2. (countable, Puerto Rico) a hula hoop

Further reading

• “julajú”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010