guaro
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈɡwaɾo/ [ˈɡwa.ɾo]
Audio (Costa Rica): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾo
- Syllabification: gua‧ro
Etymology 1
[edit]According to the DRAE, from the same root as guarapo, ultimately from Quechua [Term?].
Noun
[edit]guaro m (uncountable)
- (colloquial, El Salvador) booze, rotgut (cheap alcoholic drink)
- (colloquial, Mexico, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, Guatemala) guaro, a clear liquor distilled from sugar cane juice
Etymology 2
[edit]From a native American language. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
[edit]guaro m (plural guaros)
- (ornithology) small parrot
Etymology 3
[edit]Verb
[edit]guaro
Further reading
[edit]- “guaro”, 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
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- Rhymes:Spanish/aɾo
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