zacamecate

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl zacamecatl (“rope made with grass”), from zacatl (“grass”) + mecatl (“rope”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θakameˈkate/ [θa.ka.meˈka.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /sakameˈkate/ [sa.ka.meˈka.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ate
• Syllabification: za‧ca‧me‧ca‧te

Noun

zacamecate m (plural zacamecates)

1. (Mexico) a scourer made from plant fiber

   Synonym: estropajo

Related terms

• mecate
• zacate

References

• Carlos Montemayor et al. (2009) Diccionario del náhuatl en el español de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Further reading

• “zacamecate”, 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