guau
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡwau/ [ˈɡwau̯]
- Rhymes: -au
- Syllabification: guau
Etymology 1
Etymology 2
From English wow, with w- changed to gu- as is normal for borrowings from Germanic languages (compare Spanish guardar from Frankish *wardōn).
Interjection
¡guau!
- wow (all senses)
- Guau, ¡qué bárbaro!
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Further reading
- “guau”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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