ahuizote
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl āhuitzotl.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /awiˈθote/ [a.wiˈθo.t̪e]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /awiˈsote/ [a.wiˈso.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ote
- Syllabification: a‧hui‧zo‧te
Noun
[edit]ahuizote m (plural ahuizotes)
- ahuitzotl, an Aztec mythological creature
- (colloquial, Honduras, Mexico) an annoying person; pest, nuisance
- (dialectal, Central America, Mexico) omen, bewitchment, spell
Further reading
[edit]- “ahuizote”, 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/ote
- Rhymes:Spanish/ote/4 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Spanish colloquialisms
- Honduran Spanish
- Mexican Spanish
- Spanish dialectal terms
- Central American Spanish
- es:Mythological creatures