zacamecate
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl zacamecatl (“rope made with grass”), from zacatl (“grass”) + mecatl (“rope”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θakameˈkate/ [θa.ka.meˈka.t̪e]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /sakameˈkate/ [sa.ka.meˈka.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ate
- Syllabification: za‧ca‧me‧ca‧te
Noun edit
zacamecate m (plural zacamecates)
Related terms edit
References edit
- Carlos Montemayor et al. (2009) Diccionario del náhuatl en el español de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Further reading edit
- “zacamecate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014