pinacate

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl pīnacatl (“type of flightless beetle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pinaˈkate/ [pi.naˈka.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ate
• Syllabification: pi‧na‧ca‧te

Noun

pinacate m (plural pinacates)

1. (Mexico) pinacate beetle, stink beetle

Further reading

• “pinacate”, 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