maracuyá
See also: maracuya
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Tupi mboruku'ya, or from Guaraní; compare Portuguese maracujá.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /maɾakuˈʝa/ [ma.ɾa.kuˈʝa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /maɾakuˈʃa/ [ma.ɾa.kuˈʃa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /maɾakuˈʒa/ [ma.ɾa.kuˈʒa]
- Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: ma‧ra‧cu‧yá
Noun
maracuyá m (plural maracuyás)
- passion fruit (specifically Passiflora edulis)
- Synonyms: (Nicaragua) calala, (Dominican Republic) chinola, fruto de pasionaria, (Argentina, Spain) fruta de la pasión, maracujá de Brasil, (Puerto Rico) parcha, (Canary Islands, Venezuela) parchita, granadilla
See also
- pasionaria f
Further reading
- “maracuyá”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014