mamboretá
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Guaraní [Term?].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mamboɾeˈta/ [mãm.bo.ɾeˈt̪a]
- Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: mam‧bo‧re‧tá
Noun
mamboretá m (plural mamboretás)
- (Bolivia, Rioplatense) praying mantis
- Synonyms: mantis religiosa, charabón
Further reading
- “mamboretá”, 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