Definition
A variant or dialectal term related to guava or guayaba, used in certain Spanish-speaking regions.
Etymology
A regional variant of guayaba, likely from the same Arawakan roots but adapted in different Spanish dialects across Latin America.
Kelly Says
Language variation shows how Spanish settlers in different regions pronounced and adapted indigenous Arawakan words differently—the same fruit has dozens of names across the Spanish-speaking world!
Translations
ARالعربية
جواهير
ju-wa-hir
CACatalà
guayaba
gwa-ya-ba
CSČeština
guayaba
gwa-ja-ba
DADansk
guayaba
gwa-ya-ba
DEDeutsch
Guayaba
gwa-ya-ba
ELΕλληνικά
γουαϊάβα
gwa-ya-va
ESEspañol
guayaba
gwa-ya-ba
FISuomi
guayaba
gwa-ja-ba
FRFrançais
guayaba
gwa-ya-ba
HUMagyar
guayaba
gwa-ja-ba
IDBahasa Indonesia
guava
gwa-va
ITItaliano
guayaba
gwa-ya-ba
MSBahasa Melayu
guava
gwa-va
NLNederlands
guayaba
gwa-ya-ba
NONorsk
guayaba
gwa-ya-ba
PLPolski
guajaba
gwa-ja-ba
PTPortuguês
guayaba
gwa-ya-ba
RORomână
guayaba
gwa-ya-ba
RUРусский
гуайява
gva-yava
SVSvenska
guayaba
gwa-ya-ba
TRTürkçe
guayaba
gwa-ya-ba
UKУкраїнська
гуайява
gva-yava
VITiếng Việt
guava
gwa-va