guayacán

See also: guayacan

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Taíno waiacan.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ɡwaʝaˈkan/ [ɡwa.ʝaˈkãn] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
  • IPA(key): /ɡwaʃaˈkan/ [ɡwa.ʃaˈkãn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /ɡwaʒaˈkan/ [ɡwa.ʒaˈkãn] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Audio (Costa Rica):(file)
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: gua‧ya‧cán

Noun

guayacán m (plural guayacanes)

  1. (Colombia, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua) any tree of the genus Guaiacum

Descendants

  • → English: guayacan

Further reading

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