guagua

Meaning

1. (feminine) a trivial thing
2. (Canary-Islands, Caribbean, feminine) bus (with a fixed route)
3. (Cuba, Dominican-Republic, feminine) hemipter

Concepts

bus

🚌

paca

baby

👶

trifle

see de guagua

Synonyms

autobús

🚌

paca

niño

🧒

bebé

👶

nene

niña

👧

ómnibus

tapir

autocar

bebe

👶

bus

cazadora

colectivo

lapa

micro

🚐

bondi

🚌

rufa

camión

camioneta

carro

Hyphenated as

gua‧gua

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡwaɡwa/

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua: wawa

In summary

Onomatopoeic of the sound made by the wheel suspension of the bus. (The public transport buses in the Canary Islands were not very modern in the early years.) The Royal Spanish Academy considers this etymology debatable.