acuyo

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aˈkuʝo/ [aˈku.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /aˈkuʝo/ [aˈku.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aˈkuʃo/ [aˈku.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aˈkuʒo/ [aˈku.ʒo]

• Rhymes: -uʝo
• Syllabification: a‧cu‧yo

Noun

acuyo m (plural acuyos)

1. (Mexico) Mexican pepperleaf, root beer plant, an aromatic herb used in Mexican cuisine (Piper auritum)

   Synonyms: tlanepa, hoja santa, hierba santa, juniapa, momo

Further reading

• “acuyo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10