guacamayo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Taíno huacamayo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡwakaˈmaʝo/ [ɡwa.kaˈma.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /ɡwakaˈmaʝo/ [ɡwa.kaˈma.ʝo] (everywhere but Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay, northern Mexico, Yucatán and Central America (except Panama))
• IPA^(key): /ɡwakaˈmaʃo/ [ɡwa.kaˈma.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ɡwakaˈmaʒo/ [ɡwa.kaˈma.ʒo] (elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ɡwakaˈmajo/ [ɡwa.kaˈma.jo] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

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• Rhymes: -aʝo
• Syllabification: gua‧ca‧ma‧yo

Noun

guacamayo m (plural guacamayos)

1. (El Salvador, Honduras) macaw

   Synonym: guacamaya

Further reading

• “guacamayo”, 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