ocote
Spanish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *okotl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *wokon-ta.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ocote m (plural ocotes)
- (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua) any of several aromatic, resinous pine species native to Mexico and Central America, especially the Montezuma pine (Pinus montezumae)
- pine torch
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
ocote m (plural ocotes)
Further reading edit
- “ocote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- “ocote”, in Diccionario del español de México, Segunda edición, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, 2019