mazacuata
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Spanish
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl mazācōātl.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /maθaˈkwata/ [ma.θaˈkwa.t̪a]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /masaˈkwata/ [ma.saˈkwa.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -ata
- Syllabification: ma‧za‧cua‧ta
Noun
[edit]mazacuata f (plural mazacuatas)
- (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua) Mexican boa constrictor (scientific name Boa imperator)
Alternative forms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mazacuata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- Spanish terms borrowed from Classical Nahuatl
- Spanish terms derived from Classical Nahuatl
- Spanish 4-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/ata
- Rhymes:Spanish/ata/4 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- Salvadorian Spanish
- Guatemalan Spanish
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- Nicaraguan Spanish