"guagua" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Spanish]

IPA: /ˈɡwaɡwa/, [ˈɡwa.ɣ̞wa] Forms: guaguas [plural]
Rhymes: -aɡwa Etymology: Onomatopoetic of the sound made by the wheel suspension of the bus. (The public transport buses in the Canary Islands were not very modern in the early years.) The Royal Spanish Academy considers this etymology debatable. Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} guagua f (plural guaguas)
  1. a trivial thing Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-guagua-es-noun-th3hgmBC
  2. (Caribbean, Canary Islands) bus (with a fixed route) Tags: Canary-Islands, Caribbean, feminine Synonyms: colectivo, combi, pesero
    Sense id: en-guagua-es-noun-xqLeatHf Categories (other): Canarian Spanish, Caribbean Spanish
  3. (Cuba, Dominican Republic) hemipter Tags: Cuba, Dominican-Republic, feminine Synonyms: hemíptero
    Sense id: en-guagua-es-noun-YrI8cHrJ Categories (other): Cuban Spanish, Dominican Spanish
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: guagüera, guagüero
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Spanish]

IPA: /ˈɡwaɡwa/, [ˈɡwa.ɣ̞wa] Forms: guaguas [plural]
Rhymes: -aɡwa Etymology: Borrowed from Quechua wawa (“infant, child”). Possibly imitative of a baby's sound. Etymology templates: {{bor+|es|qu|wawa||infant, child}} Borrowed from Quechua wawa (“infant, child”), {{onomatopoeic|es|title=imitative}} imitative Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} guagua f (plural guaguas)
  1. (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru) baby, infant Tags: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, feminine Synonyms: bebé
    Sense id: en-guagua-es-noun-trRcUFrc Categories (other): Argentinian Spanish, Bolivian Spanish, Chilean Spanish, Colombian Spanish, Ecuadorian Spanish, Peruvian Spanish
  2. (Peru) a type of sweet bread shaped like a baby Tags: Peru, feminine
    Sense id: en-guagua-es-noun-ugvecmbc Categories (other): Peruvian Spanish, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish onomatopoeias Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 34 13 4 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 29 25 2 43 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 2 31 27 2 38 Disambiguation of Spanish onomatopoeias: 2 29 28 4 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: nene
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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