zapote

English

Noun

zapote (plural zapotes)

1. Alternative form of sapote (“fruit or tree”)

Anagrams

• poetaz

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *ȼapotl. Doublet of chapote.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θaˈpote/ [θaˈpo.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /saˈpote/ [saˈpo.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ote
• Syllabification: za‧po‧te

Noun

zapote m (plural zapotes)

1. mamey sapote

Derived terms

• zapote mamey
• zapote negro

 

Related terms

• chicozapote
• zapoteca

 

Descendants

• → English: sapote
• → Yaqui: sapóote

Further reading

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