Cayetana

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /kaʝeˈtana/ [ka.ʝeˈt̪a.na] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
  • IPA(key): /kaʃeˈtana/ [ka.ʃeˈt̪a.na] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /kaʒeˈtana/ [ka.ʒeˈt̪a.na] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: Ca‧ye‧ta‧na

Etymology 1

From Cayetano, and this from the Latin Caiētānus (“inhabitant of Gaeta”), re-Latinized from Italian Gaetano, name of a saint.

Proper noun

Cayetana f (masculine Cayetano, masculine plural Cayetanos)

  1. a female given name, masculine equivalent Cayetano

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Cayetana f (masculine Cayetano, masculine plural Cayetanos)

  1. alternative letter-case form of cayetana (“preppy”)
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