pitahaya

English

Noun

pitahaya (plural pitahayas)

1. Alternative form of pitaya.

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• pitaya

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pi‧ta‧ha‧ya

Noun

pitahaya

1. the dragon fruit

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.ta.a.ja/

Noun

pitahaya f or m (plural pitahayas)

1. alternative form of pitaya

Spanish

Alternative forms

• pitaya (Mexico)
• pitajaya

Etymology

Borrowed from Taíno [Term?].

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pitaˈaʝa/ [pi.t̪aˈa.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /pitaˈaʝa/ [pi.t̪aˈa.ʝa] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /pitaˈaʃa/ [pi.t̪aˈa.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /pitaˈaʒa/ [pi.t̪aˈa.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• IPA^(key): /pitaˈxaʝa/ [pi.t̪aˈxa.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /pitaˈxaʝa/ [pi.t̪aˈxa.ʝa] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /pitaˈxaʃa/ [pi.t̪aˈxa.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /pitaˈxaʒa/ [pi.t̪aˈxa.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -aʝa
• Syllabification: pi‧ta‧ha‧ya

Noun

pitahaya f (plural pitahayas)

1. pitaya, dragon fruit

   Synonyms: fruta del dragón, pitajaya, pitaya, pitayo

Further reading

• “pitahaya”, 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