guacamaya
Spanish, noun/ɡwakaˈmaʝa/
guacamaya is spelled G-U-A-C-A-M-A-Y-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 90,681st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Guacamaya is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “macaw” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Ara) Género de aves de la familia de los loros (Psittacidae), del orden de las Psittaciformes, que comprende…”.
What does guacamaya mean in English?
noun
- 1
Mexicofemininemacaw
- 2
femininecandle bush (Senna alata)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Ara) Género de aves de la familia de los loros (Psittacidae), del orden de las Psittaciformes, que comprende 14 especies (seis de ellas extintas) de origen americano, habitando desde las selvas de México hasta el noreste de Argentina, aproximadamente. Se alimentan de insectos y bayas y viven en los árboles.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of guacamaya
- guacamayas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce guacamaya?
- /ɡwakaˈmaʝa/
- [ɡwa.kaˈma.ʝa]
- [gwakaˈmaʝa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to guacamaya
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is guacamaya in Spanish?
guacamaya appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).