"guau" meaning in All languages combined

See guau on Wiktionary

Interjection [Spanish]

IPA: /ˈɡwau/, [ˈɡwau̯] Forms: ¡guau! [canonical]
Rhymes: -au Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|es}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{head|es|interjection|head=¡guau!}} ¡guau!
  1. woof, bow wow (the sound a dog makes when barking) Categories (lifeform): Dogs
    Sense id: en-guau-es-intj-opnkhFAp Disambiguation of Dogs: 94 6 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish onomatopoeias Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of Spanish onomatopoeias: 94 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Interjection [Spanish]

IPA: /ˈɡwau/, [ˈɡwau̯] Forms: ¡guau! [canonical]
Rhymes: -au Etymology: Borrowed from English wow, with w- changed to gu- as is normal for borrowings from Germanic languages (compare Spanish guardar from Frankish *wardōn). Etymology templates: {{bor+|es|en|wow}} Borrowed from English wow, {{noncog|es|guardar}} Spanish guardar, {{noncog|frk|*wardōn}} Frankish *wardōn Head templates: {{head|es|interjection|head=¡guau!}} ¡guau!
  1. wow (all senses)
    Sense id: en-guau-es-intj-rO-Ixm8A
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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      "expansion": "Onomatopoeic",
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "Onomatopoeic.",
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        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "94 6",
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          "name": "Spanish onomatopoeias",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "94 6",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "Dogs",
          "orig": "es:Dogs",
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            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "woof, bow wow (the sound a dog makes when barking)"
      ],
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          "woof",
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        ],
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          "bow wow",
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        ]
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡwau/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɡwau̯]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-au"
    }
  ],
  "word": "guau"
}

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          "text": "Guau, ¡qué bárbaro!",
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      ],
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        ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈɡwau/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɡwau̯]"
    },
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    }
  ],
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        ],
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          "bow wow",
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡwau/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɡwau̯]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-au"
    }
  ],
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    },
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      },
      "expansion": "Spanish guardar",
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      "ipa": "/ˈɡwau/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɡwau̯]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-au"
    }
  ],
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}

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