cacahuacintle

Spanish

Alternative forms

• cacahuazintle, cacahuacentli

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl cacahuacentli (“cacao pod”), from cacahuatl (“cacao bean”) + centli, cintli (“dried maize still on the cob”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kakawaˈθintle/ [ka.ka.waˈθĩn̪.t̪le]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kakawaˈsintle/ [ka.ka.waˈsĩn̪.t̪le]
• Rhymes: -intle
• Syllabification: ca‧ca‧hua‧cin‧tle

Noun

cacahuacintle m (uncountable)

1. (Mexico) a variety of maize with large, whitish grains, used in the making of pozole and other traditional dishes

Further reading

• “cacahuacintle”, 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