tetunte
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From or related to Classical Nahuatl tetōntli (“small rock”). According to the DRAE, from a compound tetzontli, from Classical Nahuatl tetl (“rock”) and tzontli (“hair, head”). The word may come from an interaction between the two Nahuatl terms.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tetunte m (plural tetuntes)
- (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) piece of tile or brick
- (colloquial, El Salvador) head
- (derogatory, El Salvador) stupid person
Further reading
[edit]- “tetunte”, 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
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- Spanish terms borrowed from Classical Nahuatl
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- Spanish 3-syllable words
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