piragua

From Spanish piramide (“pyramid”) + agua (“water”).

piragua (plural piraguas)

1. A Puerto Rican frozen dessert, shaped like a pyramid, made of shaved ice and covered with fruit-flavored syrup.

From Galibi Carib.

piragua f (plural piraguas)

1. pirogue
2. (Puerto Rico) piragua

• piragüero

• → French: pirogue
  • → English: pirogue
  • → Greek: πιρόγα (piróga)

• “piragua” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.