guayabera
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish guayabera.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
guayabera (plural guayaberas)
- (chiefly US) A light, open-necked, short-sleeved shirt worn by men in Latin America and the West Indies. [from 20th c.]
- 2013, Amy Wilentz, Farewell, Fred Voodoo, Simon & Schuster, page 85:
- So he was quite peremptory when a slight, soft-spoken man in a guayabera, trousers, and sandals began chatting with him and did not seem likely to stop.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -eɾa
- Syllabification: gua‧ya‧be‧ra
Noun[edit]
guayabera f (plural guayaberas)
Descendants[edit]
- → English: guayabera
Further reading[edit]
- “guayabero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- en:Clothing
- Spanish terms suffixed with -era
- Spanish 4-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/eɾa
- Rhymes:Spanish/eɾa/4 syllables
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- Spanish nouns
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- es:Clothing