mantarraya

Spanish

mantarraya

Etymology

From manta +‎ raya.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mantaˈraʝa/ [mãn̪.t̪aˈra.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /mantaˈraʝa/ [mãn̪.t̪aˈra.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /mantaˈraʃa/ [mãn̪.t̪aˈra.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /mantaˈraʒa/ [mãn̪.t̪aˈra.ʒa]

• Rhymes: -aʝa
• Syllabification: man‧ta‧rra‧ya

Noun

mantarraya f (plural mantarrayas)

1. manta ray

   Synonym: manta gigante

Further reading

• “mantarraya”, 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