cacahuacintle
Spanish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Classical Nahuatl cacahuacentli (“cacao pod”), from cacahuatl (“cacao bean”) + centli, cintli (“dried maize still on the cob”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /kakawaˈθintle/ [ka.ka.waˈθĩn̪.t̪le]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kakawaˈsintle/ [ka.ka.waˈsĩn̪.t̪le]
- Rhymes: -intle
- Syllabification: ca‧ca‧hua‧cin‧tle
Noun
editcacahuacintle m (uncountable)
- (Mexico) a variety of maize with large, whitish grains, used in the making of pozole and other traditional dishes
Further reading
edit- “cacahuacintle”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- es:Grains