chichipate

Spanish

Etymology

From Nahuatl chichic (“bitter”) + patli (“medicine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃit͡ʃiˈpate/ [t͡ʃi.t͡ʃiˈpa.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ate
• Syllabification: chi‧chi‧pa‧te

Adjective

chichipate m or f (masculine and feminine plural chichipates)

1. (colloquial, El Salvador, Honduras) that gets drunk very often

   Synonym: borracho

Noun

chichipate m or f (plural chichipates)

1. (colloquial, El Salvador, Honduras) drunkard

   Synonym: borracho

Noun

chichipate m (plural chichipates)

1. (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador) Acosmium panamense

Further reading

• “chichipate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
• “chichipate” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010