guaje

Borrowed from Spanish guaje, from Classical Nahuatl huāxin.

guaje (plural guajes)

1. An edible seed of Leucaena esculenta.

• gauje

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwahe/ [ˈɡwa.he]
• Rhymes: -ahe
• Syllabification: gua‧je

guaje m or f (plural guajes)

1. nonstandard spelling of guaḥe

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl huāxin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwaxe/ [ˈɡwa.xe]
• Rhymes: -axe
• Syllabification: gua‧je

guaje m or f (masculine and feminine plural guajes)

1. (Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua) foolish, stupid

guaje m (plural guajes)

1. (Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua) fool, useless person, good-for-nothing
2. (Honduras, Mexico) bottle gourd
3. (Mexico) Leucaena esculenta

• “guaje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “guaje”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010