chipote

See also: chipoté

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃi.pɔt/
• Homophones: chipotent, chipotes

Verb

chipote

1. inflection of chipoter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl xixipochtic (“swollen, bulging”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈpote/ [t͡ʃiˈpo.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ote
• Syllabification: chi‧po‧te

Noun

chipote m (plural chipotes)

1. (Mexico) bump on the head

   Synonym: chichón

2. (by extension, informal, Mexico) bulge, lump
3. (Central America) slap (blow with the open hand)

   Synonyms: bofetada, cachetada, manotada, manotazo

Related terms

• cipote

 

Further reading

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