guaje
Asturian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡwa.he/
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl huāxin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡwaxe/ [ˈɡwa.xe]
- Rhymes: -axe
- Syllabification: gua‧je
Adjective
guaje m or f (masculine and feminine plural guajes)
Noun
guaje m (plural guajes)
- (Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua) fool, useless person, good-for-nothing
- (Honduras, Mexico) bottle gourd
- (Mexico) Leucaena esculenta
Further reading
- “guaje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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