ayate
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl āyātl (“cloth or cloak made from maguey fiber”).
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ate
- Syllabification: a‧ya‧te
Noun edit
ayate m (plural ayates)
- (Mexico) a cloth made from the fiber of the maguey plant, similar to henequen or sisal
- (historical) a cloak-like garment made from this cloth
See also edit
References edit
- Carlos Montemayor et al. (2009) Diccionario del náhuatl en el español de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, page 30
Further reading edit
- “ayate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014