guacamaya

Spanish

Guacamaya roja en la Selva Lacandona

Etymology

Variant of guacamayo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡwakaˈmaʝa/ [ɡwa.kaˈma.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /ɡwakaˈmaʝa/ [ɡwa.kaˈma.ʝa] (everywhere but Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay, northern Mexico, Yucatán and Central America (except Panama))
• IPA^(key): /ɡwakaˈmaʃa/ [ɡwa.kaˈma.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ɡwakaˈmaʒa/ [ɡwa.kaˈma.ʒa] (elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ɡwakaˈmaja/ [ɡwa.kaˈma.ja] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

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• Rhymes: -aʝa
• Syllabification: gua‧ca‧ma‧ya

Noun

guacamaya f (plural guacamayas)

1. (Central America, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela) macaw
2. (Cuba, Honduras) candle bush (Senna alata)

Derived terms

• guacamaya francesa

Further reading

• “guacamaya”, 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