tecolote
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tecolōtl.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tecolote m (plural tecolotes)
- (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, New Mexico) owl
- Synonym: búho
- (colloquial, dated, Mexico) policeman
Further reading edit
- “tecolote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014