jayanada

Spanish

Etymology

From jayán (“lewd, vulgar”) +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /xaʝaˈnada/ [xa.ʝaˈna.ð̞a]

• IPA^(key): /xaʝaˈnada/ [xa.ʝaˈna.ð̞a] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /xaʃaˈnada/ [xa.ʃaˈna.ð̞a] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /xaʒaˈnada/ [xa.ʒaˈna.ð̞a] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ja‧ya‧na‧da

Noun

jayanada f (plural jayanadas)

1. (colloquial, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua) lewd, vulgar action or joke

   Synonym: jayanería

Further reading

• “jayanada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “jayanada”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010