güira

From Spanish güira.

güira (plural güiras)

1. A percussion instrument from the Dominican Republic.

• Guria, Rugia, ugari

Borrowed from Taíno.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwiɾa/ [ˈɡwi.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -iɾa
• Syllabification: güi‧ra

güira f (plural güiras, masculine güiro, masculine plural güiros)

1. female equivalent of güiro, female kid, girl

güira f (plural güiras)

1. (Dominican Republic) güira (percussion instrument)

   La güira se divide en dos partes: «la de arriba era el cielo; la de abajo, la tierra» [1].

2. (Antilles) guira tree, a tropical tree of the family Bignoniaceae, e.g. Crescentia cujete
3. (Antilles) the fruit of the guira tree

• “güira”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “güira”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010