guayabo

See also: Guayabo

English

Noun

guayabo (plural guayabos)

1. Obsolete form of guayaba.
   • 1819, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopaedia; Or, Universal Dictionary:

     Besides these trees, here are also the tamarind, the medlar, the sapote, the papayo, the guayabo, the casia, the palm, the mangaolo, and several others, most of which yield a wholesome and par latable fruit, as well as...

   • 1896, Bulletin of the International Bureau of the American Republics, page 317:

     ... the tatane is golden yellow; the pacara is dark red; the molle is black-brown; the lapacho is green, gray and black; the guayabo is deep red, veined with black and yellow; the palo ribera is dark cinnamon with red veins; the guayacan is black ...

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Lokono guayabo (“guava tree”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡwaˈʝabo/ [ɡwaˈʝa.β̞o]

• IPA^(key): /ɡwaˈʝabo/ [ɡwaˈʝa.β̞o] (everywhere but Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay, northern Mexico, Yucatán and Central America (except Panama))
• IPA^(key): /ɡwaˈʃabo/ [ɡwaˈʃa.β̞o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ɡwaˈʒabo/ [ɡwaˈʒa.β̞o] (elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ɡwaˈjabo/ [ɡwaˈja.β̞o] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Rhymes: -abo
• Syllabification: gua‧ya‧bo

Noun

guayabo m (plural guayabos)

1. guava tree
2. (Colombia) hangover (illness caused by a previous bout of heavy drinking)

   Synonym: resaca

Related terms

• guayaba

Further reading

• “guayabo”, 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