chinín

Spanish

Alternative forms

• chinene, chinini, xinene

Etymology

Borrowed from Nahuatl xinine.

Noun

chinín m (plural chinines)

1. (Honduras, Mexico) Persea schiedeana (the tree or its fruit)

   Synonyms: chucte, pahua, coyo, yas, aguacamico, aguacate de mico, aguacate de monte

Further reading

• “chinín”, 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
• chucte | Diccionario de americanismos | ASALE