guayabera

[ gwahy-uh-ber-uh; Spanish gwah-yah-be-rah ]

noun

, plural gua·ya·be·ras [gwahy-, uh, -, ber, -, uh, z, gwah-yah-, be, -rahs].

1. a sport shirt or lightweight jacket, often with several large front pockets, modeled upon a loose, smocklike shirt originally worn by men in Cuba.

Word History and Origins

Origin of guayabera¹

First recorded in 1935–40; from Latin American Spanish, further origin uncertain; perhaps from Spanish guayaba “guava (fruit)” (the shirt pockets being large enough to hold guavas)

Example Sentences

Councilmembers John Lee and Marqueese Harris-Dawson were in attendance, as was Acevedo, clad in a white guayabera.

From Los Angeles Times

Known for wearing guayabera with neon-bright flower prints and a cascading array of gold jewelry, he was at the forefront of the battle to end discrimination and allow the muxe to stage their galas with participants in female dress.

From Los Angeles Times

Robinson said he took inspiration for the space, which was designed by L.A.-based Studio UNLTD, from the apothecaries of Havana, a point hammered home further by the budtenders sporting guayabera shirts with stylized cannabis-leaf logos embroidered on the left lapel.

From Los Angeles Times

Robinson said he took inspiration for the space, which was designed by L.A.-based Studio UNLTD, from the apothecaries of Havana, a point hammered home further by the budtenders sporting guayabera shirts with stylized cannabis-leaf logos embroidered on the left lapel.

From Los Angeles Times

I had given away David’s collection of high-quality Dodger gear — a dozen custom jerseys, a Dodger blue guayabera with the L.A. logo — as keepsakes to those he was closest to, and many of them showed up wearing the shirts at the memorial.

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