crayola

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Genericized trademark from Crayola. Compare Tagalog krayola & Cebuano krayola.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kɾaˈʝola/ [kɾaˈʝo.la]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /kɾaˈʝola/ [kɾaˈʝo.la]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kɾaˈʃola/ [kɾaˈʃo.la]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kɾaˈʒola/ [kɾaˈʒo.la]

• Rhymes: -ola
• Syllabification: cra‧yo‧la

Noun

crayola f (plural crayolas)

1. (Cuba, Mexico, Peru) crayon

   Synonyms: (Colombia, Venezuela, Canary Islands) creyón, (Argentina, Guatemala, Honduras, Uruguay) crayón, (Spain) cera, (Spain) lápiz de cera

Further reading

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