guasca

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua waska (“rope”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwaska/ [ˈɡwas.ka]

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• Rhymes: -aska
• Syllabification: guas‧ca

Noun

guasca f (plural guascas)

1. A flowering plant, native to Mexico, shaggy soldier (Galinsoga quadriradiata)

   Synonym: Galinsoga

2. (Dominican Republic, Peru, Bolivia, Southern Cone, rustic) horsewhip
3. (Ecuador, Chile, Rioplatense, rustic) tanned leather strip for various fieldwork usages.
4. (vulgar, slang, Panama, Southern Cone) cock; dick
5. (uncountable, vulgar, Argentina) cum (semen)

   Synonym: (Internet slang) waska

6. (uncountable) a genre of music, popular in Colombia but with Mexican roots, popular from the 1940s

Further reading

• “guasca”, 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
• “guasca”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• DiPerú | Diccionario de peruanismos en línea