yarará

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Paraguayan Guaraní jarara.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ʝaɾaˈɾa/ [ɟ͡ʝa.ɾaˈɾa]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʝaɾaˈɾa/ [ɟ͡ʝa.ɾaˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃaɾaˈɾa/ [ʃa.ɾaˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒaɾaˈɾa/ [ʒa.ɾaˈɾa]

• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ya‧ra‧rá

Noun

yarará f (plural yararás)

1. Any of a number of pit vipers of the genus Bothrops
   • 2016 November 16, “Vecinos denuncian la aparición de tarántulas y hay temor en Quilmes”, in Clarin‎^[1]:

     Mirá también: Una nena mordida reavivó el alerta por las yararás "En mi casa aparecen todo el tiempo.

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Derived terms

• yarará ñata

 

Descendants

• → English: yarara

Further reading

• “yarará”, 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