playa

From Spanish playa (“beach”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈplaɪə/

playa (plural playas)

1. (geology, US) A level spot temporarily covered with water which subsequently becomes dry by evaporation; an alkali flat or salt pan.

• playa lake

From a non-rhotic pronunciation of player

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpleɪə/

playa (plural playas)

1. (African American Vernacular, slang) A dude (an informal term of address or general term to describe a person, typically male).
2. (African American Vernacular, slang) A player (someone who plays the field, or has prowess in gaining romantic and sexual relationships).

playa f (plural playas)

1. beach

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “playa”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

playa f (plural playes)

1. beach

From Spanish playa.

playa

1. beach
2. "the town" (in Aruba)

From Late Latin plagia, from Latin plaga. Compare Portuguese praia, French plage, Italian spiaggia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈplaɟ͡ʝa/, [ˈplaʝa]

playa f (plural playas)

1. beach
2. car park

playa

1. Feminine singular of adjective playo.

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