guaraní
Spanish, noun/ɡwaɾaˈni/
guaraní is spelled G-U-A-R-A-N-Í (7 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 13,412th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Guaraní is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “Guaraní (person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lengua de la familia tupí-guaraní hablada por los guaraníes₁, hoy oficial en el Paraguay”.
What does guaraní mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineGuaraní
noun
- 1
femininemasculineGuaraní (person)
noun
- 1
masculineGuaraní (language)
noun
- 1
masculineguaraní (currency of Paraguay)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Propio de, relativo o perteneciente a cierto pueblo nativo sudamericano, originario de la región amazónica, y cuyos descendientes hoy habitan el Paraguay, el Oriente boliviano, el NE de Argentina y el S de Brasil. Eran cazadores-recolectores transhumantes antes de su evangelización, sobre todo por la Compañía de Jesús.
noun: 1. Lengua de la familia tupí-guaraní hablada por los guaraníes₁, hoy oficial en el Paraguay. 2. Unidad monetaria del Paraguay.
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 guaraní
- guaraníes feminine masculine plural
- guaranís feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce guaraní?
- /ɡwaɾaˈni/
- [ɡwa.ɾaˈni]
- [gwaɾaˈni]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to guaraní
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is guaraní in Spanish?
guaraní appears 4.3 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).