mamboretá

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Guaraní [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mamboɾeˈta/ [mãm.bo.ɾeˈt̪a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: mam‧bo‧re‧tá

Noun

mamboretá m (plural mamboretás)

1. (Argentina, Uruguay) praying mantis

   Synonyms: mantis religiosa, charabón

Further reading

• “mamboretá”, 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