buganvilla
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the surname of Louis Antoine de Bougainville, the French admiral and explorer who first brought the plant to Europe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buɡamˈbiʝa/ [bu.ɣ̞ãmˈbi.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /buɡamˈbiʎa/ [bu.ɣ̞ãmˈbi.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /buɡamˈbiʃa/ [bu.ɣ̞ãmˈbi.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /buɡamˈbiʒa/ [bu.ɣ̞ãmˈbi.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -iʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -iʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -iʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: bu‧gan‧vi‧lla
Noun
buganvilla f (plural buganvillas)
- (chiefly Spain) bougainvillea
Further reading
- “buganvilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025