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guagua.

a trivial thing

6 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɡwaɡwa/[ˈɡwa.ɣ̞wa]
  1. a trivial thing

    feminine
  2. bus

    Canary-Islands · Caribbean · Guatemala · feminine
  3. hemipter

    Cuba · Dominican-Republic · feminine
Where this word comes from

Originally Cuban. Possibly derived from English wagon, or from the expression de guagua meaning "for free", since buses in Cuba were very cheap at that time. According to Canarian folk etymology, imitative of the buses' honking or wheel suspension.

noun/ˈɡwaɡwa/[ˈɡwa.ɣ̞wa]
  1. baby, infant

    Argentina · Bolivia · Chile · Colombia · Ecuador · Peru · by-personal-gender · feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Quechua wawa (“infant, child”). Possibly imitative of a baby's sound.

noun/ˈɡwaɡwa/[ˈɡwa.ɣ̞wa]
  1. a type of sweet bread shaped like a baby

    Peru · feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Quechua wawa (“infant, child”). Possibly imitative of a baby's sound.

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