caguairán

Spanish

Etymology

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Noun

caguairán m (plural caguairanes)

1. (Cuba) quebracho (various trees with very hard wood)
2. (Cuba, by extension) a tough or resilient person
   • 2016 November 26, “Retrato Amado”, in Juventud Rebelde‎^[1]:

     Y en el ovillo patriótico ha resultado hilo, mitad de barba recia, mitad de caguairán.

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Further reading

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