esquite

Spanish

Fried esquites are often consumed as street food.

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl izquitl (“cooked maize”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /esˈkite/ [esˈki.t̪e]
Rhymes: -ite
Syllabification: es‧qui‧te

Noun

esquite m (plural esquites)

(usually in the plural, Mexico) a saladlike dish of boiled or fried corn kernels seasoned with epazote

References

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

Further reading

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

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