mezquite
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]mezquite (plural mezquites)
Spanish
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl mizquitl.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /meθˈkite/ [meθˈki.t̪e]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /mesˈkite/ [mesˈki.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ite
- Syllabification: mez‧qui‧te
Noun
[edit]mezquite m (plural mezquites)
- mesquite (tree)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- English: mesquite
Further reading
[edit]- “mezquite”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English dated forms
- Spanish terms borrowed from Classical Nahuatl
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- Spanish 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ite
- Rhymes:Spanish/ite/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Trees