guanaco

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See also: guanacó

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guanaco, from Quechua wanaku.

Pronunciation

Noun

guanaco (plural guanacos or guanacoes)

  1. A South American ruminant (Lama guanicoe), closely related to the other lamoids, the alpaca, llama, and vicuña in the family Camelidae.

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Descendants

  • Irish: guanacó

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

guanaco m (plural guanaco's, diminutive guanacootje n)

  1. guanaco (a South American ruminant (Lama guanicoe), closely related to the other lamoids, the alpaca, llama, and vicuña in the family Camelidae)

French

Pronunciation

Noun

guanaco m (plural guanacos)

  1. guanaco (a South American ruminant (Lama guanicoe), closely related to the other lamoids, the alpaca, llama, and vicuña in the family Camelidae)

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guanaco, from Quechua wanaku.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡwaˈna.ko/
  • Rhymes: -ako
  • Hyphenation: gua‧nà‧co

Noun

guanaco m (plural guanachi)

  1. guanaco (a South American ruminant (Lama guanicoe), closely related to the other lamoids, the alpaca, llama, and vicuña in the family Camelidae)
    Hypernym: camelide

Further reading

  • guanaco on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
  • guanaco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • guanaco in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guanaco, from Quechua wanaku.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: gua‧na‧co

Noun

guanaco m (plural guanacos)

  1. guanaco (a South American ruminant (Lama guanicoe), closely related to the other lamoids, the alpaca, llama, and vicuña in the family Camelidae)

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References

  1. ^ guanaco”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ guanaco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024

Spanish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua wanaku.

Pronunciation

Noun

guanaco m (plural guanacos)

  1. guanaco (a South American ruminant (Lama guanicoe), closely related to the other lamoids, the alpaca, llama, and vicuña in the family Camelidae)
  2. (colloquial, Chile) water cannon used for riot control
  3. (colloquial, El Salvador) Salvadoran

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Adjective

guanaco (feminine guanaca, masculine plural guanacos, feminine plural guanacas)

  1. (colloquial, Central America) Salvadoran, pertaining to El Salvador
    Synonyms: salvadoreño, cuscatleco

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