guaraná

See also: guarana

English

Noun

guaraná (plural guaranás)

1. Alternative spelling of guarana.
   • 2022, Seth Garfield, Guaraná […] , Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, →ISBN:

     In 1878, the firm's fluid extract of guaraná sold for $10 per pound […] .

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• uaraná

Etymology

Borrowed from Sateré-Mawé warana.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡwa.ɾaˈna/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡwɐ.ɾɐˈna/

• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: gua‧ra‧ná

Noun

guaraná m (plural guaranás)

1. guarana (Paullinia cupana, a tree native to South America)

   Synonym: guaranazeiro

2. guarana (the fruit of the guarana tree)
3. soft drink made from the guarana fruit

Derived terms

• guaraná da Amazônia

Further reading

• “guaraná”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “guaraná”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese guaraná. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwaɾaˈna/ [ɡwa.ɾaˈna]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: gua‧ra‧ná

Noun

guaraná m (plural guaranás)

1. guarana

Further reading

• “guaraná”, 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