yeguada

Spanish

Etymology

From yegua +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ʝeˈɡwada/ [ɟ͡ʝeˈɣ̞wa.ð̞a]

• IPA^(key): /ʝeˈɡwada/ [ɟ͡ʝeˈɣ̞wa.ð̞a] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ʃeˈɡwada/ [ʃeˈɣ̞wa.ð̞a] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ʒeˈɡwada/ [ʒeˈɣ̞wa.ð̞a] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ye‧gua‧da

Noun

yeguada f (plural yeguadas)

1. herd of horses
2. (Central America) foolish remark

Further reading

• “yeguada”, 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