zapalote
Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Morelos Nahuatl tzapalotl (“banana”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /θapaˈlote/ [θa.paˈlo.t̪e]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /sapaˈlote/ [sa.paˈlo.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ote
- Syllabification: za‧pa‧lo‧te
Noun
[edit]zapalote m (plural zapalotes)
- (Mexico) a kind of banana (clarification of this definition is needed)
- 1826, Francisco Saviero Clavigero, Historia antigua de Megico[sic], Londres: R. Ackermann, page 19:
- La mayor que es el zapalote, tiene de quince a veinte pulgadas de largo, y hasta tres de diametro. Es duro y poco estimado, y solo se come asado o cocido.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (Mexico) maguey
- (Guatemala) a kind of maize (clarification of this definition is needed)
Further reading
[edit]- “zapalote”, 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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