pacaya

English

Noun

pacaya (plural pacayas)

1. Alternative spelling of pacay

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /paˈkaʝa/ [paˈka.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /paˈkaʝa/ [paˈka.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /paˈkaʃa/ [paˈka.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /paˈkaʒa/ [paˈka.ʒa]

• Rhymes: -aʝa
• Syllabification: pa‧ca‧ya

Noun

pacaya f (plural pacayas)

1. Costa Rican bamboo palm (Chamaedorea costaricana)
   • 2015 December, “Nochebuena antigua”, in Prensa Libre‎^[1]:

     En los belenes se empleaban productos propios de la región, como musgo, manzanilla, hoja de pacaya y flor de pascua.

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Further reading

• “pacaya”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28