esquite

Spanish

Fried esquites are often consumed as street food.

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl izquitl (“cooked maize”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈkite/ [esˈki.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ite
• Syllabification: es‧qui‧te

Noun

esquite m (plural esquites)

1. (usually in the plural, Mexico) a saladlike dish of boiled or fried corn kernels seasoned with epazote

References

• Carlos Montemayor et al. (2009) Diccionario del náhuatl en el español de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Further reading

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