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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Tupi murukuîá or from Guaraní mburukuja; compare Portuguese maracujá.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /maɾakuˈʝa/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /maɾakuˈʃa/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /maɾakuˈʒa/
- Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: ma‧ra‧cu‧yá
Noun
maracuyá m (plural maracuyás)
- passion fruit (specifically Passiflora edulis)
- Synonyms: (Nicaragua) calala, (Dominican Republic) chinola, fruto de pasionaria, (Argentina, Spain) fruta de la pasión, maracujá de Brasil, (Puerto Rico) parcha, (Canary Islands, Venezuela) parchita, granadilla
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