cidracayote

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θidɾakaˈʝote/ [θi.ð̞ɾa.kaˈʝo.t̪e]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /sidɾakaˈʝote/ [si.ð̞ɾa.kaˈʝo.t̪e]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America, Philippines) /sidɾakaˈʝote/ [si.ð̞ɾa.kaˈʝo.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /sidɾakaˈʃote/ [si.ð̞ɾa.kaˈʃo.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /sidɾakaˈʒote/ [si.ð̞ɾa.kaˈʒo.t̪e]

• Rhymes: -ote
• Syllabification: ci‧dra‧ca‧yo‧te

Noun

cidracayote m (plural cidracayotes)

1. (rare) watermelon, Citrullus lanatus

   Synonyms: sandía, (Venezuela) patilla, (Cuba, Puerto Rico) melón, acendría, sindria

Further reading

• “cidracayote”, 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