jayanada

Spanish

Etymology

From jayán (“lewd, vulgar”) +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /xaʝaˈnada/ [xa.ʝaˈna.ð̞a]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /xaʝaˈnada/ [xa.ʝaˈna.ð̞a]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /xaʃaˈnada/ [xa.ʃaˈna.ð̞a]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /xaʒaˈnada/ [xa.ʒaˈna.ð̞a]

• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ja‧ya‧na‧da

Noun

jayanada f (plural jayanadas)

1. (colloquial, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua) lewd, vulgar action or joke

   Synonym: jayanería

Further reading

• “jayanada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• jayanada | Diccionario de americanismos | ASALE