guagua
See also: Guagua
Spanish
Etymology 1
Onomatopoetic of the sound made by the wheel suspension of the bus. (The buses of public transport in Canary Islands were not very modern in the early years.) The Royal Spanish Academy considers this etymology debated.
Pronunciation
Noun
guagua f (plural guaguas)
- a trivial thing
- (Caribbean, Canary Islands, Cuba, Equatorial Guinea, Louisiana) bus (with a fixed route)
- (Cuba, Dominican Republic) hemipters
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Quechua wawa (“infant, child”).
Pronunciation
Noun
guagua f (plural guaguas)
- (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru) baby, infant, or child
- Synonym: bebé
- (Peru) a type of sweet bread shaped like a baby
See also
Further reading
- “guagua”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
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