guaraná

See also: guarana

English

Noun

guaraná (plural guaranás)

  1. Alternative spelling of guarana.
    • 2022, Seth Garfield, Guaraná [] , Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, →ISBN:
      In 1878, the firm's fluid extract of guaraná sold for $10 per pound [] .

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • uaraná

Etymology

Borrowed from Sateré-Mawé warana.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡwa.ɾaˈna/

  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: gua‧ra‧ná

Noun

guaraná m (plural guaranás)

  1. guarana (Paullinia cupana, a tree of South America)
    Synonym: guaranazeiro
  2. guarana (the fruit of the guarana tree)
  3. a caffeinated fizzy drink made from the guarana fruit

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese guaraná. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡwaɾaˈna/ [ɡwa.ɾaˈna]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: gua‧ra‧ná

Noun

guaraná m (plural guaranás)

  1. guarana

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