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guayabo

Spanish, noun/ɡwaˈʝabo/

guayabo is spelled G-U-A-Y-A-B-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 58,329th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Guayabo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “guava tree” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Psidium spp.) Cualquiera de unas cien especies de árboles y arbustos neotropicales de la familia de las…”.

What does guayabo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineguava tree

  2. 2

    masculinehangover (illness caused by a previous bout of heavy drinking)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. (Psidium spp.) Cualquiera de unas cien especies de árboles y arbustos neotropicales de la familia de las mirtáceas, que se cultivan extensamente por su fruto comestible, llamado guayaba. 2. Muchacha hermosa. 3. Intenso malestar que sucede a una borrachera. 4. Nostalgia, tristeza o pesadumbre por la pérdida de un deudo o por una ruptura amorosa.

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 guayabo

  • guayabos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce guayabo?

  • /ɡwaˈʝabo/
  • [ɡwaˈʝa.β̞o]
  • [gwaˈʝaβ̞o]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to guayabo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is guayabo in Spanish?

guayabo appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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