cuate
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl cōātl.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cuate m or f by sense (plural cuates, feminine cuate or cuata, feminine plural cuates or cuatas)
Usage notes edit
- The Diccionario de la Real Academia Española (DRAE), 23rd edition, reports the meaning 'friend' in the Spanish of El Salvador, but it is either obsolete or very unusual in that country.
Descendants edit
- → Mecayapan Nahuatl: cua̱tej
Further reading edit
- “cuate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014