cajete
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Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl caxitl (“bowl, basin”).
Noun[edit]
cajete m (plural cajetes)
- (Mexico) a bowl, basin or similar container
- (El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico) an unglazed clay pot used in cooking
- (Mexico) a hole made to plant a seed, plant, sapling, etc.
- (New Mexico) a tub; washtub
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Shortening of molcajete, or directly from Classical Nahuatl caxitl; see above.
Noun[edit]
cajete m (plural cajetes)
References[edit]
- Carlos Montemayor et al. (2009) Diccionario del náhuatl en el español de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, page 34
Further reading[edit]
- “cajete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/ete
- Rhymes:Spanish/ete/3 syllables
- Spanish terms borrowed from Classical Nahuatl
- Spanish terms derived from Classical Nahuatl
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Mexican Spanish
- Salvadorian Spanish
- Honduran Spanish
- New Mexico Spanish
- es:Containers