guayaco

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡwaˈʝako/ [ɡwaˈʝa.ko]

• IPA^(key): /ɡwaˈʝako/ [ɡwaˈʝa.ko] (everywhere but Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay, northern Mexico, Yucatán and Central America (except Panama))
• IPA^(key): /ɡwaˈʃako/ [ɡwaˈʃa.ko] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ɡwaˈʒako/ [ɡwaˈʒa.ko] (elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ɡwaˈjako/ [ɡwaˈja.ko] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Rhymes: -ako
• Syllabification: gua‧ya‧co

Adjective

guayaco (feminine guayaca, masculine plural guayacos, feminine plural guayacas)

1. guaiac
2. (Ecuador) of or pertaining to Guayaquil, Ecuador

Further reading

• “guayaco”, 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