guayaba
English
Alternative forms
- guayava
- guayabo (obsolete)
Etymology
From Spanish guayaba, from Taíno/Arawak guayabo (“guava tree”). Doublet of guava, by which it has been largely displaced.
Noun
guayaba (plural guayabas)
- (uncommon) The guava (tree or fruit).
Spanish
Etymology
From Taíno/Arawak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡwaˈʝaba/ [ɡwaˈʝa.β̞a]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡwaˈʃaba/ [ɡwaˈʃa.β̞a]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡwaˈʒaba/ [ɡwaˈʒa.β̞a]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -aba
- Syllabification: gua‧ya‧ba
Noun
guayaba f (plural guayabas)
- guava (fruit)
Related terms
- guayabera
- guayabero
- guayabo
Descendants
- → Belizean Creole: gwaava
- → Rakhine: ဂိုယံသီး
Verb
guayaba
- first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of guayar
Further reading
- “guayaba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014