payaya

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /paˈʝaʝa/ [paˈʝa.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /paˈʝaʝa/ [paˈʝa.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /paˈʃaʃa/ [paˈʃa.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /paˈʒaʒa/ [paˈʒa.ʒa]

• Rhymes: -aʝa
• Syllabification: pa‧ya‧ya

Noun

payaya f (uncountable)

1. (Chile) jacks; knucklebones

   Synonyms: payana, jacks, matatena, chinta

Further reading

• “payaya”, 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
• “payaya” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010