tapesco

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Nahuatl tlapechtli (“bed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈpesko/ [t̪aˈpes.ko]
• Rhymes: -esko
• Syllabification: ta‧pes‧co

Noun

tapesco m (plural tapescos)

1. (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico) a type of wattle, generally used as a bed or shelf.
2. (El Salvador, Honduras) a type of wattle used as a table.

Further reading

• “tapesco”, 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