aguacate
English
editNoun
editaguacate (plural aguacates)
Asturian
editEtymology
editFrom Classical Nahuatl ahuacatl (“avocado”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editaguacate m (plural aguacates)
Galician
editEtymology
editFrom Classical Nahuatl ahuacatl (“avocado”).
Pronunciation
edit
- Rhymes: -ate
- Hyphenation: a‧gua‧ca‧te
Noun
editaguacate m (plural aguacates)
Further reading
edit- “aguacate”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Classical Nahuatl āhuacatl (“avocado fruit”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /aɡwaˈkate/ [a.ɣ̞waˈka.t̪e]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -ate
- Syllabification: a‧gua‧ca‧te
Noun
editaguacate m (plural aguacates)
- avocado (fruit)
- November 2002, J. de Jesús Ornela and Elhadi M. Yahia, "El aguacate en México", Horitcultura internacional volume 38, p. 78, published by the Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente of the Spanish federal government
- "Así pues, para el año 1600 el aguacate llega a España, en el año 1650 a Jamaica, en 1700 a Cuba, en 1750 a Ghana, en 1833 a la Florida, en los Estados Unidos, en 1890 a las Filipinas, etc, comenzando así a la distribución del aguacate por el mundo, debido a la cual el término aguacate ha sufrido modificaciones locales tales como alvacata, avocatier, avocaat, zaboca, avocado, avocato, avigato, albecetta, o pera cocodrilo."
- "So by the year 1600 the avocado arrived in Spain, in the year 1650 Jamaica, in 1700 Cuba, in 1750 Ghana, in 1833 Florida, in the United States, in 1890 the Philippines, etc, beginning with the distribution of the avocado across the world, similarly the term avocado has suffered several local modifications such as alvacata, avocatier, avocaat, zaboca, avocado, avocato, avigato, albecetta, or crocodile pear."
- November 2002, J. de Jesús Ornela and Elhadi M. Yahia, "El aguacate en México", Horitcultura internacional volume 38, p. 78, published by the Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente of the Spanish federal government
- avocado (tree)
- a shade of green like an avocado
- avocado:
- (El Salvador, Guatemala) a loose and lively person
- (Colombia, colloquial) policeman, cop
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
editFurther reading
edit- “aguacate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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