crayola

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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)

(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

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