güira
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See also: Guira
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
güira (plural güiras)
- A percussion instrument from the Dominican Republic.
Anagrams[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
güira f (plural güiras, masculine güiro, masculine plural güiros)
Noun[edit]
güira f (plural güiras)
- (Dominican Republic) güira (percussion instrument)
- La güira se divide en dos partes: «la de arriba era el cielo; la de abajo, la tierra» [1].
- (Antilles) guira tree, a tropical tree of the family Bignoniaceae, e.g. Crescentia cujete
- (Antilles) the fruit of the guira tree
Further reading[edit]
- “güira”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- en:Percussion instruments
- Spanish terms borrowed from Taíno
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- Rhymes:Spanish/iɾa
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- Dominican Spanish
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- es:Musical instruments