guaraguao
Spanish, noun/ɡwaɾaˈɡwao/
guaraguao is spelled G-U-A-R-A-G-U-A-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish, the 169,030th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Guaraguao is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Buteo jamaicensis) Ave falconiforme de la familia de los accipítridos, ampliamente distribuida desde Alaska…”.
What does guaraguao mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinered-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Buteo jamaicensis) Ave falconiforme de la familia de los accipítridos, ampliamente distribuida desde Alaska hasta las Antillas. Es una de las rapaces más abundantes y más utilizadas en la cetrería en Norteamérica. 2. (Chondrohierax wilsonii) Ave falconiforme de la familia de los accipítridos, endémica de Cuba. 3. (Guarea trichiliodes) Arbusto caducifolio de la familia de las meliáceas, nativo de América.
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 guaraguao
- guaraguaos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce guaraguao?
- /ɡwaɾaˈɡwao/
- [ɡwa.ɾaˈɣ̞wa.o]
- [gwaɾaˈɣ̞wao]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is guaraguao in Spanish?
guaraguao appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).