This is the 7314th most frequent Spanish word.
guadiana
"Guadiana" refers to a river in Spain and Portugal, but it can also metaphorically signify something that intermittently appears and disappears.
Proper noun referring to the name of the river.
El río Guadiana es uno de los principales ríos de la península ibérica.
The Guadiana River is one of the main rivers of the Iberian Peninsula.
Metaphor for something that appears and disappears intermittently.
Con el paso del tiempo, la costumbre desapareció como el Guadiana.
Over time, the custom disappeared like the Guadiana.
Simile used to describe an intermittent pattern.