paliacate
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom Classical Nahuatl pal (“color”) + yacatl (“nose”).
Noun
editpaliacate m (plural paliacates)
- (Mexico) a brightly colored scarf or handkerchief
- Synonym: pañoleta
Further reading
edit- “paliacate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014