xocoyote

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Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl xōcōyotl (youngest child).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʃokoˈʝote/ [ʃo.koˈʝo.t̪e]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃokoˈʃote/ [ʃo.koˈʃo.t̪e]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʃokoˈʒote/ [ʃo.koˈʒo.t̪e]

  • Rhymes: -ote
  • Syllabification: xo‧co‧yo‧te

Noun

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xocoyote m (plural xocoyotes)

  1. (Mexico) the youngest child of a family
    Synonym: benjamín

Further reading

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