guayo

See also: guayó

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwaʝo/ [ˈɡwa.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈɡwaʝo/ [ˈɡwa.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈɡwaʃo/ [ˈɡwa.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈɡwaʒo/ [ˈɡwa.ʒo]

• Rhymes: -aʝo
• Syllabification: gua‧yo

Etymology 1

Noun

guayo m (plural guayos)

1. (Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Cuba, slang) grater

Etymology 2

Verb

guayo

1. first-person singular present indicative of guayar

References

• Orlando Alba (2003) Cómo hablamos los dominicanos‎^[1], Santo Domingo: Amigo del Hogar

Further reading

• “guayo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014