paliacate

Spanish

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl pal (“color”) + yacatl (“nose”).

Noun

paliacate m (plural paliacates)

1. (Mexico) a brightly colored scarf or handkerchief

   Synonym: pañoleta

Further reading

• “paliacate”, 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