quelite

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl quilitl (“edible herb or vegetable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keˈlite/ [keˈli.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ite
• Syllabification: que‧li‧te

Noun

quelite m (plural quelites)

1. (usually in the plural, Mexico) any of a number of plants eaten fresh as leaf vegetables or herbs

Further reading

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