cacahuacintle
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Spanish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl cacahuacentli (“cacao pod”), from cacahuatl (“cacao bean”) + centli, cintli (“dried maize still on the cob”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /kakawaˈθintle/ [ka.ka.waˈθĩn̪.t̪le]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /kakawaˈsintle/ [ka.ka.waˈsĩn̪.t̪le]
- Rhymes: -intle
- Syllabification: ca‧ca‧hua‧cin‧tle
Noun[edit]
cacahuacintle m (uncountable)
- (Mexico) a variety of maize with large, whitish grains, used in the making of pozole and other traditional dishes
Further reading[edit]
- “cacahuacintle”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- Spanish terms borrowed from Classical Nahuatl
- Spanish terms derived from Classical Nahuatl
- Spanish 5-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/intle
- Rhymes:Spanish/intle/5 syllables
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- es:Grains