mapache

Galician

mapache

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl māpach, māpachin (“raccoon, thief”), from māpachoā (“to seize, lay hold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈpat͡ʃe/ [maˈpa̠.t͡ʃɪ]
• Rhymes: -atʃe
• Hyphenation: ma‧pa‧che

Noun

mapache m (plural mapaches)

1. (zoology) raccoon (nocturnal omnivore living in Northern America)

   Synonym: osiño lavador

Further reading

• mapache on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gl

Spanish

mapache

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl māpach, māpachin (“raccoon, thief”), from māpachoā (“to seize, lay hold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈpat͡ʃe/ [maˈpa.t͡ʃe]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -atʃe
• Syllabification: ma‧pa‧che

Noun

mapache m (plural mapaches)

1. (zoology) raccoon (nocturnal omnivore living in Northern America)

   Synonym: oso lavador

2. (politics, Mexico) electoral thief or fraudster

Descendants

• → Basque: mapatxe

Further reading

• “mapache”, 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
• mapache on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es