jagua

jagua

Guaraní

jagua

Etymology

From Old Tupi îaûara.

Noun

jagua (plural jaguakuéra)

1. dog

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Mbyá Guaraní

Etymology

From Old Tupi îaûara, cognate with Guaraní jagua.

Noun

jagua

1. dog
2. (obsolete, now used only in fixed expressions) jaguar

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Paraguayan Guaraní

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaˈɰʷa/

Noun

jagua (plural jaguakuéra)

1. dog

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Spanish

Etymology 1

From Classical Nahuatl xahualli

Noun

jagua f (plural jaguas)

1. A tree native to the North and South American tropics, Genipa americana, with an edible fruit that, while still unripe, contains a colored juice used in body painting.
2. The fruit of this tree

Noun

jagua f (plural jaguas)

1. The fruit of a species of palm tree, the jagua palm

Further reading

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