tagua

From Spanish tagua.

tagua (countable and uncountable, plural taguas)

1. The fruit of the tagua palm. When dried, it can be carved like ivory, and is used for beads, buttons, etc.

• tagua nut
• vegetable ivory

• IPA^(key): /ta.ɡa/

tagua

1. third-person singular past historic of taguer

tagua m (invariable)

1. alternative form of pecari del Chaco

• aguta, guata

From Quechua tawa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɡwa/ [ˈt̪a.ɣ̞wa]

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• Rhymes: -aɡwa
• Syllabification: ta‧gua

tagua f (uncountable)

1. vegetable ivory

• → English: tagua

• “tagua”, 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