yarará

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Paraguayan Guaraní jarara.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ʝaɾaˈɾa/ [ɟ͡ʝa.ɾaˈɾa] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
  • IPA(key): /ʃaɾaˈɾa/ [ʃa.ɾaˈɾa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /ʒaɾaˈɾa/ [ʒa.ɾaˈɾa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: ya‧ra‧rá

Noun

yarará f (plural yararás)

  1. Any of a number of pit vipers of the genus Bothrops
    • 2016 November 16, “Vecinos denuncian la aparición de tarántulas y hay temor en Quilmes”, in Clarin‎[1]:
      Mirá también: Una nena mordida reavivó el alerta por las yararás "En mi casa aparecen todo el tiempo.
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Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: yarara

Further reading

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