tepozteco

Spanish

Etymology

Alteration of tepozteca, from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl Tepoztēcah, plural of Classical Nahuatl Tepoztēcatl.

Noun

tepozteco m (plural tepoztecos, feminine tepozteca, feminine plural tepoztecas)

1. native or inhabitant of Tepoztlán (male or of unspecified gender)

   Synonym: tepozteca

Further reading

• “tepozteco”, 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