yarará

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Paraguayan Guaraní jarara.

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʝaɾaˈɾa/ [ɟ͡ʝa.ɾaˈɾa]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃaɾaˈɾa/ [ʃa.ɾaˈɾa]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒaɾaˈɾa/ [ʒa.ɾaˈɾa]

  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: ya‧ra‧rá

Noun[edit]

yarará f (plural yararás)

  1. Any of a number of pit vipers of the genus Bothrops
    • 2016 November 16, “Vecinos denuncian la aparición de tarántulas y hay temor en Quilmes”, in Clarin[1]:
      Mirá también: Una nena mordida reavivó el alerta por las yararás "En mi casa aparecen todo el tiempo.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • English: yarara

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