llajua

Spanish

Alternative forms

• llajwa

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝaxwa/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.xwa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈʝaxwa/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.xwa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /ˈʎaxwa/ [ˈʎa.xwa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃaxwa/ [ˈʃa.xwa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒaxwa/ [ˈʒa.xwa]

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• Rhymes: -axwa
• Syllabification: lla‧jua

Noun

llajua f (plural llajuas)

1. a spicy sauce from Bolivia, made from locotos

Further reading

• “llajua”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28