nauyaca

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl nahui + yacatl.

Noun

nauyaca f (plural nauyacas)

1. (Mexico, Guatemala) fer-de-lance, Bothrops atrox

References

• “nauyaca”, 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

Further reading

• “nauyaca”, 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