yeguada

Spanish

Etymology

From yegua +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ʝeˈɡwada/ [ɟ͡ʝeˈɣ̞wa.ð̞a]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʝeˈɡwada/ [ɟ͡ʝeˈɣ̞wa.ð̞a]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃeˈɡwada/ [ʃeˈɣ̞wa.ð̞a]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒeˈɡwada/ [ʒeˈɣ̞wa.ð̞a]

• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ye‧gua‧da

Noun

yeguada f (plural yeguadas)

1. herd of horses
2. (Central America) foolish remark

Further reading

• “yeguada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014