escamole

Spanish

Alternative forms

• escamol

escamoles

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl āzcamōlli (“dish of ant larvae”), from āzcatl (“ant”) + mōlli (“stew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskaˈmole/ [es.kaˈmo.le]
• Rhymes: -ole
• Syllabification: es‧ca‧mo‧le

Noun

escamole m (plural escamoles)

1. (usually in the plural, Mexico) the larvae of certain ants eaten as a delicacy

Related terms

• mole

Further reading

• “escamole”, 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
• escamole on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es
• escamol on Wikipedia.Wikipedia