guacamayo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Taíno huacamayo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡwakaˈmaʝo/ [ɡwa.kaˈma.ʝo]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡwakaˈmaʃo/ [ɡwa.kaˈma.ʃo]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡwakaˈmaʒo/ [ɡwa.kaˈma.ʒo]

(Castilian)
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Rhymes: -aʝo
Syllabification: gua‧ca‧ma‧yo

Noun

guacamayo m (plural guacamayos)

(El Salvador, Honduras) macaw
Synonym: guacamaya

Further reading

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

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