Guatemala
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Guatemala (originally the name of Iximche, the location of Guatemala's first capital), from Classical Nahuatl Cuauhtēmallān, from cuauhtēmalli (“woodpile”) + -tlān (“place”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Guatemala
- A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Guatemala, a Central American country.
- 2025 February 5, Michael Rios, “Guatemala to increase deportation flights from US carrying migrants from other countries”, in CNN[1]:
- Foreign nationals who arrive in Guatemala through deportation flights will be repatriated to their home countries, Arévalo said, adding that the US and Guatemala would continue to have talks on how the process would work and how the US would cooperate.
- A department of Guatemala.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
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See also
Further reading
- Category:Guatemala on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Guatemala on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Guatemala on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
- Guatemala on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
Anagrams
Asturian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡwateˈmala/ [ɡwa.t̪eˈma.la]
- Rhymes: -ala
- Syllabification: Gua‧te‧ma‧la
Proper noun
Guatemala f
- Guatemala (a country in Central America, a Central American country)
Breton
Proper noun
Guatemala
- Guatemala (a country in Central America, a Central American country)
Catalan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ɡwə.təˈma.lə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ɡwa.teˈma.la]
Audio (Valencia): (file)
Proper noun
Guatemala f
- Guatemala (a country in Central America, a Central American country)
- Guatemala City (the capital city of Guatemala)
- Guatemala (a department of Guatemala)
Derived terms
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Proper noun
Guatemala
- Guatemala (a country in Central America, a Central American country)
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡvatɛmala]
Proper noun
Guatemala f (relational adjective guatemalský, demonym Guatemalec)
- Guatemala (a country in Central America, a Central American country)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Guatemala |
| genitive | Guatemaly |
| dative | Guatemale |
| accusative | Guatemalu |
| vocative | Guatemalo |
| locative | Guatemale |
| instrumental | Guatemalou |
Further reading
- “Guatemala”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
- “Guatemala”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “Guatemala”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Danish
Etymology
From Spanish Guatemala, from Classical Nahuatl Cuauhtēmallān.
Proper noun
Guatemala
- Guatemala (a country in Central America, a Central American country)
Related terms
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Guatemala.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Guatemala n
- Guatemala (a country in Central America, a Central American country)
Derived terms
- Guatemalaan, Guatemalaans
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡuɑtemɑ(ː)lɑ/, [ˈɡuɑ̝ˌt̪e̞mɑ̝(ː)lɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -emɑlɑ
- Syllabification(key): Gu‧a‧te‧ma‧la
- Hyphenation(key): Gua‧te‧ma‧la
Proper noun
Guatemala
- Guatemala (a country in Central America, a Central American country)
- Guatemala City (the capital city of Guatemala)
Declension
| Inflection of Guatemala (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Guatemala | — | |
| genitive | Guatemalan | — | |
| partitive | Guatemalaa | — | |
| illative | Guatemalaan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Guatemala | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Guatemala | — |
| gen. | Guatemalan | ||
| genitive | Guatemalan | — | |
| partitive | Guatemalaa | — | |
| inessive | Guatemalassa | — | |
| elative | Guatemalasta | — | |
| illative | Guatemalaan | — | |
| adessive | Guatemalalla | — | |
| ablative | Guatemalalta | — | |
| allative | Guatemalalle | — | |
| essive | Guatemalana | — | |
| translative | Guatemalaksi | — | |
| abessive | Guatemalatta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Guatemala m
- Guatemala (a country in Central America, a Central American country)
German
Pronunciation
Audio (Germany): (file)
Proper noun
Guatemala n (proper noun, genitive Guatemalas or (optionally with an article) Guatemala)
- Guatemala (a country in Central America, a Central American country)
Related terms
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡvɒtɛmɒlɒ]
- Hyphenation: Gua‧te‧ma‧la
- Rhymes: -lɒ
Proper noun
Guatemala
- Guatemala (a country in Central America, a Central American country; official name: Guatemalai Köztársaság)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Guatemala | — |
| accusative | Guatemalát | — |
| dative | Guatemalának | — |
| instrumental | Guatemalával | — |
| causal-final | Guatemaláért | — |
| translative | Guatemalává | — |
| terminative | Guatemaláig | — |
| essive-formal | Guatemalaként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Guatemalában | — |
| superessive | Guatemalán | — |
| adessive | Guatemalánál | — |
| illative | Guatemalába | — |
| sublative | Guatemalára | — |
| allative | Guatemalához | — |
| elative | Guatemalából | — |
| delative | Guatemaláról | — |
| ablative | Guatemalától | — |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
Guatemaláé | — |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
Guatemaláéi | — |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | Guatemalám | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Guatemalád | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Guatemalája | — |
| 1st person plural | Guatemalánk | — |
| 2nd person plural | Guatemalátok | — |
| 3rd person plural | Guatemalájuk | — |
Derived terms
See also
- ^ The Hungarian term may also refer to Middle America in the political and human geographical sense, including Mexico—Mexikó—and the West Indies. For the latter, see Nagy-Antillák, Kis-Antillák, Bahama-szigetek, Turks- és Caicos-szigetek.
Interlingua
Proper noun
Guatemala
- Guatemala (a country in Central America, a Central American country)
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡwa.teˈma.la/
- Rhymes: -ala
- Hyphenation: Gua‧te‧mà‧la
Proper noun
Guatemala m
- Guatemala (a country in Central America, a Central American country)
Derived terms
Latin
Alternative forms
- Guatimala, Guatimalia
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Guatemala, from Classical Nahuatl Cuauhtēmallān.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡʷaː.teːˈmaː.ɫa]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ɡʷa.t̪eˈmaː.la]
or
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡʷaːˈteː.ma.ɫa]
Note: the former corresponds more closely to Spanish, the latter is the scansion in Rafael Landívar's Rusticatio Mexicana.[1]
Proper noun
Guātēmā̆la f sg (genitive Guātēmā̆lae); first declension
- (New Latin) Guatemala (a country in Central America, a Central American country)
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Guātēmā̆la |
| genitive | Guātēmā̆lae |
| dative | Guātēmā̆lae |
| accusative | Guātēmā̆lam |
| ablative | Guātēmā̆lā |
| vocative | Guātēmā̆la |
References
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Guatemala
- Guatemala (a country in Central America, a Central American country)
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Guatemala
- Guatemala (a country in Central America, a Central American country)
Related terms
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Guatemala, from Nahuatl cuauhtēmallān (“place of many trees”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡwa.teˈma.lɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡwa.teˈma.la/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡwɐ.tɨˈma.lɐ/
- Rhymes: -alɐ
- Hyphenation: Gua‧te‧ma‧la
Proper noun
Guatemala f
- Guatemala (a country in Central America, a Central American country)
Derived terms
Related terms
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡwa.teˈma.la/
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Guatemala f
- Guatemala (a country in Central America, a Central American country)
Related terms
Further reading
- “Guatemala”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡuacemala]
Proper noun
Guatemala f
- Guatemala (a country in Central America, a Central American country)
Further reading
- “Guatemala”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Cuauhtēmallān, from cuauhtēmalli (“woodpile”) + -tlān (“place”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡwateˈmala/ [ɡwa.t̪eˈma.la]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ala
- Syllabification: Gua‧te‧ma‧la
Proper noun
Guatemala f
- Guatemala (a country in Central America, a Central American country)
- Guatemala City (the capital city of Guatemala)
- Synonyms: (clipping) Guate, Ciudad de Guatemala
- Guatemala (a department of Guatemala)
Derived terms
Related terms
See also
Anagrams
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Proper noun
Guatemala
- Guatemala (a country in Central America, a Central American country)
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɵatɛ²mɑːla/, /ɡʉːatɛ²mɑːla/
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Guatemala n (genitive Guatemalas)
- Guatemala (a country in Central America, a Central American country)
Derived terms
See also
References
Turkish
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Guatemala
- Guatemala (a country in Central America, a Central American country)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Guatemala |
| accusative | Guatemala'yı |
| dative | Guatemala'ya |
| locative | Guatemala'da |
| ablative | Guatemala'dan |
| genitive | Guatemala'nın |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| benim (my) | Guatemala'm | Guatemalalarım Guatemala'larım |
| senin (your) | Guatemala'n | Guatemalaların Guatemala'ların |
| onun (his/her/its) | Guatemala'sı | Guatemalaları Guatemala'ları |
| bizim (our) | Guatemala'mız | Guatemalalarımız Guatemala'larımız |
| sizin (your) | Guatemala'nız | Guatemalalarınız Guatemala'larınız |
| onların (their) | Guatemala'sı Guatemalaları Guatemala'ları |
Guatemalaları Guatemala'ları |
See also
Western Huasteca Nahuatl
Proper noun
Guatemala
- Guatemala (a country in Central America, a Central American country)