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Guatemalan

adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, from, or pertaining to Guatemala or the Guatemalan people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A person from Guatemala or of Guatemalan descent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

adjective

Meaning 3

of or relating to or characteristic of Guatemala or its residents

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Guatemalan coffee

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Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a native or inhabitant of Guatemala

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: Central American

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English Guatemala Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Guatemalan From Guatemala + -an.

Across languages

Translations

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: guatemalianu — of, from, or pertaining to Guatemala or its people
  • Bulgarian: гватема́лски (gvatemálski) — of, from, or pertaining to Guatemala or its people
  • Catalan: guatemalenc — of, from, or pertaining to Guatemala or its people
  • Czech: guatemalský — of, from, or pertaining to Guatemala or its people
  • Finnish: guatemalalainen — of, from, or pertaining to Guatemala or its people
  • French: guatémaltèque — of, from, or pertaining to Guatemala or its people
  • Galician: guatemalteco — of, from, or pertaining to Guatemala or its people
  • German: guatemaltekisch — of, from, or pertaining to Guatemala or its people
  • Italian: guatemalteco — of, from, or pertaining to Guatemala or its people
  • Latin: guatemalensis — of, from, or pertaining to Guatemala or its people
  • Norwegian Bokmål: guatemalansk — of, from, or pertaining to Guatemala or its people
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: guatemalansk — of, from, or pertaining to Guatemala or its people
  • Polish: gwatemalski — of, from, or pertaining to Guatemala or its people
  • Portuguese: guatemalteco — of, from, or pertaining to Guatemala or its people
  • Portuguese: guatemalense — of, from, or pertaining to Guatemala or its people
  • Romanian: guatemalez — of, from, or pertaining to Guatemala or its people
  • Russian: гватема́льский (gvatɛmálʹskij) — of, from, or pertaining to Guatemala or its people
  • Serbo-Croatian: gvatemalski — of, from, or pertaining to Guatemala or its people
  • Spanish: guatemalteco — of, from, or pertaining to Guatemala or its people
  • Spanish: chapín — of, from, or pertaining to Guatemala or its people
  • Swahili: Kigwatemala — of, from, or pertaining to Guatemala or its people
  • Swedish: guatemalansk — of, from, or pertaining to Guatemala or its people
  • Asturian: guatemalianu — person
  • Asturian: guatemaliana — person
  • Azerbaijani: qvatemalalı — person
  • Bulgarian: гватема́лец (gvatemálec) — person
  • Bulgarian: гватема́лка (gvatemálka) — person
  • Catalan: guatemalenc — person
  • Catalan: guatemalenca — person
  • Czech: Guatemalec — person
  • Danish: guatemalaner — person
  • Finnish: guatemalalainen — person
  • French: Guatémaltèque — person
  • Galician: guatemalteco — person
  • German: Guatemalteke — person
  • German: Guatemaltekin — person
  • Italian: guatemalteco — person
  • Italian: guatemalteca — person
  • Norwegian Bokmål: guatamalaner — person
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: guatemalan — person
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: guatemalanar — person
  • Polish: Gwatemalczyk — person
  • Polish: Gwatemalka — person
  • Portuguese: guatemalteco — person
  • Portuguese: guatemalense — person
  • Q'eqchi: aj Watemaal — person
  • Romanian: guatemalez — person
  • Romanian: guatemaleză — person
  • Russian: гватема́лец (gvatɛmálec) — person
  • Russian: гватема́лка (gvatɛmálka) — person
  • Serbo-Croatian: Gvatemalac — person
  • Serbo-Croatian: Gvatemalka — person
  • Spanish: guatemalteco — person
  • Spanish: chapín — person
  • Swahili: Mgwatemala — person
  • Swedish: guatemalan — person
  • Swedish: guatemalanska — person