tepezcuintle

Spanish

Alternative forms

• tepezcuinte

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl tepetl (“mountain, hill”) + itzcuīntli (“dog”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /tepeθˈkwintle/ [t̪e.peθˈkwĩn̪.t̪le]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /tepesˈkwintle/ [t̪e.pesˈkwĩn̪.t̪le]
• Rhymes: -intle
• Syllabification: te‧pez‧cuin‧tle

Noun

tepezcuintle m (plural tepezcuintles)

1. (Mexico, Central America) paca (Agouti paca, large rodent)

   Synonyms: (Colombian Amazonia) borugo, (Panama) conejo pintado, (Colombia) guagua, (Ecuador) guanta, (Northwestern Colombia) guartinaja, (Bolivia) jochi pintado, (Venezuela, Colombian Llanos) lapa, majaz, (Peru) paca, tinajo, (Ecuador, Peru) majás

Further reading

• “tepezcuintle”, 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