bayuca

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /baˈʝuka/ [baˈʝu.ka]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /baˈʃuka/ [baˈʃu.ka]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /baˈʒuka/ [baˈʒu.ka]

Rhymes: -uka
Syllabification: ba‧yu‧ca

Noun

bayuca f (plural bayucas)

tavern
Synonym: taberna
- 1642, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Las jácaras‎:
  Si estoy enjaulado o no, el diablo tuvo la culpa, porque dio en chismoso el diablo y fue a avisar a la gura de que sin armas estaba envainado en la bayuca.
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Descendants

→ Galician: baiuca

Further reading

“bayuca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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