yacaré

See also: yacare

Spanish

Etymology

From Paraguayan Guarani jakare.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ʝakaˈɾe/ [ɟ͡ʝa.kaˈɾe]

• IPA^(key): /ʝakaˈɾe/ [ɟ͡ʝa.kaˈɾe] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ʃakaˈɾe/ [ʃa.kaˈɾe] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ʒakaˈɾe/ [ʒa.kaˈɾe] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

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• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: ya‧ca‧ré

Noun

yacaré m (plural yacarés)

1. (South America) caiman

   Synonym: caimán

Further reading

• “yacaré”, 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