ocote

Spanish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *okotl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *wokon-ta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈkote/ [oˈko.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ote
• Syllabification: o‧co‧te

Noun

ocote m (plural ocotes)

1. (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua) any of several aromatic, resinous pine species native to Mexico and Central America, especially the Montezuma pine (Pinus montezumae)
2. pine torch

Derived terms

• ocotal
• ocotillo m
• ocotoso

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Quechua uquti.

Noun

ocote m (plural ocotes)

1. (Argentina, vulgar) anus

Further reading

• “ocote”, 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
• “ocote”, in Diccionario del español de México, Segunda edición, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, 2019