ayahuasca

English

Etymology

From Spanish, from Quechua ayawaska, from aya (“spirit, ancestor”) + waska (“vine”).

Noun

ayahuasca (uncountable)

  1. A giant vine native to South America (especially Banisteriopsis caapi), noted for its psychotropic properties.
    • 2005, the Amazon forest people would take ayahuasca and enter into that place of Group Mind where they would make decisions for the tribe — Martin Torgoff, Can’t Find My Way Home (Simon & Schuster 2005, p. 414)
  2. Any of various psychoactive infusions or decoctions prepared from this vine.

Synonyms
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Translations

French

Noun

ayahuasca m (uncountable)

  1. ayahuasca

Portuguese

Noun

ayahuasca f (plural ayahuascas)

  1. ayahuasca (Banisteriopsis caapi, a vine of South America)
  2. ayahuasca (psychoactive infusion made from the ayahuasca vine)

Synonyms
  • (Banisteriopsis caapi): iagê
  • (psychoactive infusions): daime

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aɟ͡ʝaˈwaska/, [aʝaˈwaska]

Noun

ayahuasca f (plural ayahuascas)

  1. ayahuasca
  2. a psychotropic concoction prepared from said vine
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