cuasia
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Quassia, named after Surinamese physician and botanist Graman Quassi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkwasja/ [ˈkwa.sja]
- Rhymes: -asja
- Syllabification: cua‧sia
Noun
cuasia f (plural cuasias)
Descendants
- → Tagalog: kuwasya
Further reading
- “cuasia”, 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