apante

Spanish

Etymology

From Nahuatl apantli (“channel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈpante/ [aˈpãn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: a‧pan‧te

Noun

apante m (plural apantes)

1. (rustic, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua) an acequia; an irrigation ditch

   Synonym: acequia

Further reading

• “apante”, 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
• “apante”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010