ahuehuete
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]ahuehuete (plural ahuehuetes)
Spanish
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl āhuēhuētl (“cypress tree”, literally “upright drum in the water”), from ātl (“water”) + huēhuētl (“upright drum”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ahuehuete m (plural ahuehuetes)
- Montezuma cypress (Taxodium mucronatum)
- Synonym: sabino
Further reading
[edit]- “ahuehuete”, 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
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ete
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- es:Trees
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