guaraní

See also: Guaraní and guarani

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guaraní, from Paraguayan Guarani guarani.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɡwɑːɹəˈniː/

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• Rhymes: -iː
• Homophone: Guaraní

Noun

guaraní (plural guaranís)

1. The currency of Paraguay, divided into 100 céntimos.

Translations

currency of Paraguay

• Catalan: guaraní (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瓜拉尼 (zh) (guālāní)

• Czech: guaraní n
• Finnish: guarani (fi)
• German: Guaraní (de) n
• Hungarian: guarani (hu)
• Japanese: グアラニー (guaranī)
• Portuguese: guarani (pt) m
• Russian: гуарани́ (ru) m (guaraní)
• Spanish: guaraní (es) m

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guaraní, from Paraguayan Guarani guarani.

Adjective

guaraní m or f (masculine and feminine plural guaranís)

1. Guaraní

Noun

guaraní m or f by sense (plural guaranís)

1. Guaraní person

Noun

guaraní m (plural guaranís)

1. guaraní (currency of Paraguay)

Noun

guaraní m (uncountable)

1. Guaraní (language)

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guaraní, from Paraguayan Guarani guarani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡvaraniː]
• Rhymes: -aniː
• Hyphenation: gua‧ra‧ní

Noun

guaraní n (indeclinable)

1. Guaraní (language)

   Synonyms: guaranština, guaraníjština

2. guaraní (currency of Paraguay)

Further reading

• “guaraní”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “guaraní”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Portuguese

Noun

guaraní m (plural guaranís)

1. prescribed spelling of guarani under the Orthographic Agreement of 1931, which was not effectively implemented; now a common misspelling

Noun

guaraní m or f by sense (plural guaranís)

1. prescribed spelling of guarani under the Orthographic Agreement of 1931, which was not effectively implemented; now a common misspelling

Adjective

guaraní m or f (plural guaranís)

1. prescribed spelling of guarani under the Orthographic Agreement of 1931, which was not effectively implemented; now a common misspelling

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Paraguayan Guarani guarani (“war, warrior, fight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwaɾaˈni/ [ɡwa.ɾaˈni]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: gua‧ra‧ní

Adjective

guaraní m or f (masculine and feminine plural guaraníes or guaranís)

1. Guaraní

Noun

guaraní m or f by sense (plural guaraníes or guaranís)

1. Guaraní (person)

Noun

guaraní m (uncountable)

1. Guaraní (language)

Noun

guaraní m (plural guaraníes or guaranís)

1. guaraní (currency of Paraguay)

Derived terms

• guaranítico

Further reading

• “guaraní”, 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