guanaco

See also: guanacó

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guanaco, from Quechua wanaku.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡwəˈnɑːkəʊ/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

guanaco (plural guanacos or guanacoes)

  1. A South American ruminant (Lama guanicoe), closely related to the other lamoids, the alpaca, llama, and vicuña in the family Camelidae.

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Descendants

  • Irish: guanacó

Translations

Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guanaco, from Quechua wanaku.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡuaˈnɑɡo]

Noun

guanaco c (singular definite guanacoen, plural indefinite guanacoer)

  1. guanaco (a South American ruminant (Lama guanicoe), closely related to the other lamoids, the alpaca, llama, and vicuña in the family Camelidae)

Inflection

Declension of guanaco
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative guanaco guanacoen guanacoer guanacoerne
genitive guanacos guanacoens guanacoers guanacoernes

Further reading

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Noun

guanaco m (plural guanaco's, diminutive guanacootje n)

  1. guanaco (a South American ruminant (Lama guanicoe), closely related to the other lamoids, the alpaca, llama, and vicuña in the family Camelidae)

French

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Noun

guanaco m (plural guanacos)

  1. guanaco (a South American ruminant (Lama guanicoe), closely related to the other lamoids, the alpaca, llama, and vicuña in the family Camelidae)

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guanaco, from Quechua wanaku.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡwaˈna.ko/
  • Rhymes: -ako
  • Hyphenation: gua‧nà‧co

Noun

guanaco m (plural guanachi)

  1. guanaco (a South American ruminant (Lama guanicoe), closely related to the other lamoids, the alpaca, llama, and vicuña in the family Camelidae)
    Hypernym: camelide

Further reading

  • guanaco on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
  • guanaco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • guanaco in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guanaco, from Quechua wanaku.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡwaˈna.ku/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡwaˈna.ko/

  • Hyphenation: gua‧na‧co

Noun

guanaco m (plural guanacos)

  1. guanaco (a South American ruminant (Lama guanicoe), closely related to the other lamoids, the alpaca, llama, and vicuña in the family Camelidae)

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References

  1. ^ guanaco”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032025
  2. ^ guanaco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082025

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua wanaku.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡwaˈnako/ [ɡwaˈna.ko]
  • Audio (Peru):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ako
  • Syllabification: gua‧na‧co

Noun

guanaco m (plural guanacos)

  1. guanaco (a South American ruminant (Lama guanicoe), closely related to the other lamoids, the alpaca, llama, and vicuña in the family Camelidae)
  2. (colloquial, Chile) water cannon used for riot control
  3. (colloquial, El Salvador) Salvadoran

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Descendants

Adjective

guanaco (feminine guanaca, masculine plural guanacos, feminine plural guanacas)

  1. (colloquial, Central America) Salvadoran, pertaining to El Salvador
    Synonyms: salvadoreño, cuscatleco

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