ahuate

Spanish

Alternative forms

aguate

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl ahhuatl (“thorn”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈwate/ [aˈwa.t̪e]
Rhymes: -ate
Syllabification: a‧hua‧te

Noun

ahuate m (plural ahuates)

(Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua) a slender, hairlike thorn (villus) such as that of the cornstalk or sugar cane

Derived terms

ahuatarse

Further reading

“ahuate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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