pacaya

English

Noun

pacaya (plural pacayas)

Alternative spelling of pacay

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /paˈkaʝa/ [paˈka.ʝa]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /paˈkaʃa/ [paˈka.ʃa]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /paˈkaʒa/ [paˈka.ʒa]

Rhymes: -aʝa
Syllabification: pa‧ca‧ya

Noun

pacaya f (plural pacayas)

Costa Rican bamboo palm (Chamaedorea costaricana)
- 2015 December, “Nochebuena antigua”, in Prensa Libre‎:
  En los belenes se empleaban productos propios de la región, como musgo, manzanilla, hoja de pacaya y flor de pascua.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

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

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