celeque

Spanish

Etymology

From Nahuatl celic (“green, unripe, unseasoned”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeˈleke/ [θeˈle.ke]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /seˈleke/ [seˈle.ke]
• Rhymes: -eke
• Syllabification: ce‧le‧que

Adjective

celeque m or f (masculine and feminine plural celeques) (rustic)

1. (Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Northwestern Costa Rica, of a fruit) unripe
2. (El Salvador, of an animal) thin, especially if malnourished
3. (Honduras, of a child or animal) newborn

   Synonym: seleque

4. (Honduras, of a child) whiny

Further reading

• “celeque”, 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
• “celeque”, 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