Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /oˈtate/ [oˈt̪a.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Syllabification: o‧ta‧te

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl ohtlatl (bamboo, cane; stick).

Noun

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otate m (plural otates)

  1. a particular kind of bamboo

Etymology 2

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Verb

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otate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of otar combined with te

Further reading

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