claraboya

Spanish

Etymology

Partial calque of French claire-voie.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /klaɾaˈboʝa/ [kla.ɾaˈβ̞o.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /klaɾaˈboʝa/ [kla.ɾaˈβ̞o.ʝa] (everywhere but Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay, northern Mexico, Yucatán and Central America (except Panama))
• IPA^(key): /klaɾaˈboʃa/ [kla.ɾaˈβ̞o.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /klaɾaˈboʒa/ [kla.ɾaˈβ̞o.ʒa] (elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /klaɾaˈboja/ [kla.ɾaˈβ̞o.ja] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Rhymes: -oʝa
• Syllabification: cla‧ra‧bo‧ya

Noun

claraboya f (plural claraboyas)

1. skylight

   Synonym: tragaluz

Further reading

• “claraboya”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025