ahuate

Spanish

Alternative forms

• aguate

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl ahhuatl (“thorn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈwate/ [aˈwa.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ate
• Syllabification: a‧hua‧te

Noun

ahuate m (plural ahuates)

1. (Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua) a slender, hairlike thorn (villus) such as that of the cornstalk or sugar cane

Derived terms

• ahuatarse

 

Further reading

• “ahuate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014