guayar

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Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡwaˈʝaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡwaˈʃaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡwaˈʒaɾ/

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: gua‧yar

Etymology 1

From guayo (grater) +‎ -ar, borrowed from a Caribbean language such as Haitian Creole.[1]

Verb

guayar (first-person singular present guayo, first-person singular preterite guayé, past participle guayado)

  1. (Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic) to grate
    guayar la yucato work hard
  2. (Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic) to bump and grind
  3. (Eastern Cuba) to work hard, as in grating yuca to make casabe, a popular meal
Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Language in the USA: Themes for the Twenty-first Century. (2004). Kiribati: Cambridge University Press, p. 192

Further reading

  • Orlando Alba (2003) Cómo hablamos los dominicanos, Santo Domingo: Amigo del Hogar

Etymology 2

From guay (woe) +‎ -ar.

Verb

guayar (first-person singular present guayo, first-person singular preterite guayé, past participle guayado)

  1. to lament

Further reading