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

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˌɡwɑː.təˈmɑː.lə/

• Audio (US)

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Proper noun

Guatemala

2. A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Guatemala.
3. A department of Guatemala.

Derived terms

• Guatemalan

Related terms

• Guatemala City

Translations

country in Central America

• Afrikaans: Guatemala
• Albanian: Guatemalë f, Guatemala (sq) f (definite)
• Amharic: ጓቴማላ (gʷatemala)
• Arabic: غْوَاتِيمَالَا f (ḡwātimālā), جْوَاتِيمَالَا f (gwātimālā)
• Armenian: Գվատեմալա (hy) (Gvatemala)
• Asturian: Guatemala (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Qvatemala (az)
• Belarusian: Гватэма́ла f (Hvatemála)
• Bengali: গুয়াতেমালা (bn) (guẏatemala)
• Breton: Guatemala
• Bulgarian: Гватема́ла f (Gvatemála)
• Burmese: ဂွါတီမာလာ (gwatimala)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Ґуатема́ла f (Guatemála)
• Catalan: Guatemala (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 危地馬拉／危地马拉 (zh) (Wēidìmǎlā)

• Czech: Guatemala (cs) f
• Danish: Guatemala (da) n
• Dhivehi: ގުއަޓެމާލާ (dv) (guaṭemālā)
• Dutch: Guatemala (nl) n
• Esperanto: Gvatemalo (eo)
• Estonian: Guatemala (et)
• Finnish: Guatemala (fi)
• French: Guatemala (fr) m
• Galician: Guatemala (gl)
• Georgian: გვატემალა (gvaṭemala)
• German: Guatemala (de) n
• Greek: Γουατεμάλα (el) f (Gouatemála)
• Hebrew: גּוּאָטֶמָלָה f (gvatemála)
• Hindi: ग्वाटेमाला (hi) m (gvāṭemālā)
• Hungarian: Guatemala (hu)
• Icelandic: Gvatemala (is) n
• Indonesian: Guatemala (id)
• Interlingua: Guatemala
• Irish: Guatamala m
• Italian: Guatemala m
• Japanese: グアテマラ (ja) (Guatemara)
• Kalenjin: Gwatemala, Gwatemala
• Kamba: Gwatemala
• Kazakh: Гватемала (kk) (Gvatemala)
• Khmer: ក្វាតេម៉ាឡា (km) (kvaateemaalaa)
• Kikuyu: Gwatemala
• Korean: 과테말라 (ko) (Gwatemalla), 과떼말라 (ko) (Gwattemalla) (North Korea)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Guatemala (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Гватемала (ky) (Gvatemala)
• Lao: ກົວເຕມາລາ (kūa tē mā lā)
• Latin: Guatimala f
• Latvian: Gvatemala (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Gvatemala (lt) f
• Luhya: Gwatemala
• Luo: Gwatemala
• Macedonian: Гватема́ла f (Gvatemála)
• Malay: Guatemala
• Maori: Kuatemara
• Meru: Gwatemala
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Гватемал (Gvatemal)

• Nahuatl: Cuauhtēmallān
• Norman: Guatemala
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Guatemala (no) n

  Nynorsk: Guatemala (nn) n

• Occitan: Guatemala (oc) m
• Oromo: Gu'aatimaalaa
• Pashto: ګواتېمالا f (gwātemālā)
• Persian: گواتمالا (gvâtemâlâ)
• Pipil: Kwajtemalan
• Polish: Gwatemala (pl) f
• Portuguese: Guatemala (pt) f
• Q'eqchi: Watemaal
• Romanian: Guatemala (ro) f
• Russian: Гватема́ла (ru) f (Gvatɛmála)
• S'gaw Karen: Gwatemala
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Гватема́ла f

  Roman: Gvatemála (sh) f

• Sinhalese: ගුවාතමාලාව (guwātamālāwa)
• Slovak: Guatemala f
• Slovene: Gvatemala (sl) f
• Spanish: Guatemala (es) f
• Sranan Tongo: Gwatemala
• Swahili: Guatemala (sw)
• Swedish: Guatemala (sv) n
• Tagalog: Guwatemala
• Tajik: Гватемала (tg) (Gvatemala)
• Tatar: Гватемала (Gwatemala)
• Thai: กัวเตมาลา (th) (guua-dtee-maa-laa)
• Tibetan: གུ་ཝེ་ཐི་མ་ལ (gu we thi ma la)
• Turkish: Guatemala (tr)
• Turkmen: Gwatemala
• Tz'utujil: Ixiimuleew
• Ukrainian: Гватема́ла (uk) f (Hvatemála), Ґватема́ла f (Gvatemála)
• Urdu: گواتیمالا m (gvātemālā)
• Uyghur: گۋاتېمالا (gwatëmala)
• Uzbek: Gvatemala (uz)
• Vietnamese: Goa-tê-ma-la
• Volapük: Gvatemän (vo)
• West Frisian: Gûatemala n
• Yiddish: גואַטעמאַלאַ (guatemala)
• Yoruba: Guatemala
• Yucatec Maya: Kuhatemalha’

See also

• (countries of Central America) country of Central America; Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama

Further reading

• Category:Guatemala on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Guatemala on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Guatemala on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
• Guatemala on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage

Anagrams

• malagueta

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwateˈmala/, [ɡwa.t̪eˈma.la]

Proper noun

Guatemala f

1. Guatemala (a country in Central America)

Breton

Proper noun

Guatemala

1. Guatemala (a country in Central America)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ɡwə.təˈma.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ɡwa.teˈma.la]

• Audio (Valencian)

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Proper noun

Guatemala f

1. Guatemala (a country in Central America)
2. Guatemala City (the capital city of Guatemala)
3. Guatemala (a department of Guatemala)

Derived terms

• guatemalenc, guatemalenca

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Guatemala

1. Guatemala (a country in Central America)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡvatɛmala]

Proper noun

Guatemala f (related adjective guatemalský, demonym Guatemalec)

1. Guatemala (a country in Central America)

Declension

Declension of Guatemala (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Guatemala
genitive	Guatemaly
dative	Guatemale
accusative	Guatemalu
vocative	Guatemalo
locative	Guatemale
instrumental	Guatemalou

Further reading

• Guatemala in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• Guatemala in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• Guatemala in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Proper noun

Guatemala

1. Guatemala (a country in Central America)

Related terms

• guatemalaner
• guatemalansk

Dutch

Pronunciation

• audio

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Proper noun

Guatemala n

1. Guatemala (a country in Central America)

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish Guatemala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡuɑtemɑ(ː)lɑ/, [ˈɡuɑ̝t̪e̞ˌmɑ̝(ː)lɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -emɑlɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Gu‧a‧te‧ma‧la

Proper noun

Guatemala

1. Guatemala (a country in Central America)
2. 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.

Possessive forms of Guatemala (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Guatemalani — accusative nom. Guatemalani — gen. Guatemalani genitive Guatemalani — partitive Guatemalaani — inessive Guatemalassani — elative Guatemalastani — illative Guatemalaani — adessive Guatemalallani — ablative Guatemalaltani — allative Guatemalalleni — essive Guatemalanani — translative Guatemalakseni — abessive Guatemalattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Guatemalasi — accusative nom. Guatemalasi — gen. Guatemalasi genitive Guatemalasi — partitive Guatemalaasi — inessive Guatemalassasi — elative Guatemalastasi — illative Guatemalaasi — adessive Guatemalallasi — ablative Guatemalaltasi — allative Guatemalallesi — essive Guatemalanasi — translative Guatemalaksesi — abessive Guatemalattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Guatemalamme — accusative nom. Guatemalamme — gen. Guatemalamme genitive Guatemalamme — partitive Guatemalaamme — inessive Guatemalassamme — elative Guatemalastamme — illative Guatemalaamme — adessive Guatemalallamme — ablative Guatemalaltamme — allative Guatemalallemme — essive Guatemalanamme — translative Guatemalaksemme — abessive Guatemalattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Guatemalanne — accusative nom. Guatemalanne — gen. Guatemalanne genitive Guatemalanne — partitive Guatemalaanne — inessive Guatemalassanne — elative Guatemalastanne — illative Guatemalaanne — adessive Guatemalallanne — ablative Guatemalaltanne — allative Guatemalallenne — essive Guatemalananne — translative Guatemalaksenne — abessive Guatemalattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Guatemalansa — accusative nom. Guatemalansa — gen. Guatemalansa genitive Guatemalansa — partitive Guatemalaansa — inessive Guatemalassaan Guatemalassansa — elative Guatemalastaan Guatemalastansa — illative Guatemalaansa — adessive Guatemalallaan Guatemalallansa — ablative Guatemalaltaan Guatemalaltansa — allative Guatemalalleen Guatemalallensa — essive Guatemalanaan Guatemalanansa — translative Guatemalakseen Guatemalaksensa — abessive Guatemalattaan Guatemalattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• guatemalalainen

 

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwa.te.ma.la/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Guatemala m

1. Guatemala (a country in Central America)

German

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Guatemala n (proper noun, genitive Guatemalas or (optionally with an article) Guatemala)

1. Guatemala (a country in Central America)

Related terms

• Guatemalteke
• guatemaltekisch

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡvɒtɛmɒlɒ]
• Hyphenation: Gua‧te‧ma‧la
• Rhymes: -lɒ

Proper noun

Guatemala

1. Guatemala (a country in Central America)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	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	—

Possessive forms of Guatemala
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

• guatemalai
• Guatemalaváros

See also

• Guatemalai Köztársaság

Interlingua

Proper noun

Guatemala

1. Guatemala (a country in Central America)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwa.teˈma.la/
• Rhymes: -ala
• Hyphenation: Gua‧te‧mà‧la

Proper noun

Guatemala m

1. Guatemala (a country in Central America)

Derived terms

• guatemalteco

Latin

Alternative forms

• Guatimala, Guatimalia

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Guatemala, from Classical Nahuatl Cuauhtēmallān.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡʷaː.teːˈmaː.la/, [ɡʷäːt̪eːˈmäːɫ̪ä] or IPA^(key): /ɡʷaˈte.ma.la/, [ɡʷäˈt̪ɛmäɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡwa.teˈma.la/, [ɡwät̪eˈmäːlä] or IPA^(key): /ɡwaˈte.ma.la/, [ɡwäˈt̪ɛːmälä]
• Note: the former corresponds more closely to Spanish, the latter is the scansion in Rafael Landívar's Rusticatio Mexicana.

Proper noun

Guā̆tē̆mā̆la f sg (genitive Guā̆tē̆mā̆lae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Guatemala (a country in Central America)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Guā̆tē̆mā̆la
Genitive	Guā̆tē̆mā̆lae
Dative	Guā̆tē̆mā̆lae
Accusative	Guā̆tē̆mā̆lam
Ablative	Guā̆tē̆mā̆lā
Vocative	Guā̆tē̆mā̆la
Locative	Guā̆tē̆mā̆lae

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Guatemala

1. Guatemala (a country in Central America)

Related terms

• guatemalaner
• guatemalansk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Guatemala

1. Guatemala (a country in Central America)

Related terms

• guatemalan, guatemalanar
• guatemalansk

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Guatemala, from Nahuatl cuauhtēmallān (“place of many trees”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡwa.teˈma.lɐ/

• (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

1. Guatemala (a country in Central America)

Derived terms

• Cidade de Guatemala
• guatemalense

Related terms

• guatemalteco

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwa.teˈma.la/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Guatemala f

1. Guatemala (a country in Central America)

Related terms

• guatemalez, guatemaleză

Further reading

• Guatemala in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Cuauhtēmallān, from cuauhtēmalli (“woodpile”) + -tlān (“place”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwateˈmala/ [ɡwa.t̪eˈma.la]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: Gua‧te‧ma‧la

Proper noun

Guatemala f

1. Guatemala (a country in Central America)
2. Guatemala City (the capital city of Guatemala)

   Synonyms: (clipping) Guate, Ciudad de Guatemala

3. Guatemala (a department of Guatemala)

Derived terms

• de Guatemala a Guatepeor
• guatemalense
• salir de Guatemala y meterse en Guatepeor

 

Related terms

• guatemalteco

 

See also

• chapín

Anagrams

• malagueta

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Proper noun

Guatemala

1. Guatemala (a country in Central America)

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɵatɛ²mɑːla/, /ɡʉːatɛ²mɑːla/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Guatemala n (genitive Guatemalas)

1. Guatemala (a country in Central America)

Derived terms

• guatemalan
• guatemalansk

Turkish

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Guatemala

1. Guatemala (a country in Central America)

Declension

declension of Guatemala

	singular, uncountable (tekil, sayılamaz)
nominative (yalın)	Guatemala
accusative (belirtme)	Guatemala'yı
dative (yönelme)	Guatemala'ya
locative (bulunma)	Guatemala'da
ablative (çıkma)	Guatemala'dan
genitive (tamlayan)	Guatemala'nın

    possessive of Guatemala

	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

• (countries of Central America) Orta Amerika ülkesi; Belize, Kosta Rika, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nikaragua, Panama

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Guatemala

1. Guatemala (a country in Central America)