guau

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Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈɡwau/ [ˈɡwau̯]
Rhymes: -au
Syllabification: guau

Etymology 1[edit]

Interjection[edit]

¡guau!

woof, bow wow (the sound a dog makes when barking)

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from English wow, with w- changed to gu- as is normal for borrowings from Germanic languages (compare Spanish guardar from Frankish *wardōn).

Interjection[edit]

¡guau!

wow (all senses)
Guau, ¡qué bárbaro! ― Wow, that's cool!

Further reading[edit]

“guau”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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