maracayá

Spanish

Alternative forms

• margay

Etymology

Borrowed from Guaraní mbarakaja.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /maɾakaˈʝa/ [ma.ɾa.kaˈʝa]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /maɾakaˈʝa/ [ma.ɾa.kaˈʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /maɾakaˈʃa/ [ma.ɾa.kaˈʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /maɾakaˈʒa/ [ma.ɾa.kaˈʒa]

• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ma‧ra‧ca‧yá

Noun

maracayá m (plural maracayás)

1. the margay

   Synonyms: gato tigre, tigrillo, cunaguaro, caucel, margay

Further reading

• “maracayá”, 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