acicate

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Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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From Arabic السِّقَاط (as-siqāṭ).

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Noun

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acicate m (plural acicates)

  1. spur (implement for prodding a horse)
    Synonym: espora
  2. (figuratively) incentive, spur (anything that inspires or motivates)
    Synonym: incentivo
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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acicate

  1. inflection of acicatar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic السِّقَاط (as-siqáṭ). Compare Portuguese acicate.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /aθiˈkate/ [a.θiˈka.t̪e]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /asiˈkate/ [a.siˈka.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Syllabification: a‧ci‧ca‧te

Noun

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acicate m (plural acicates)

  1. spur (implement for prodding a horse)
    Synonym: espuela
  2. (figuratively) incentive, spur (anything that inspires or motivates)
    Synonym: incentivo
    • 1997, Roberto Bolaño, “Henri Simon Leprince”, in Llamadas telefónicas [Last Evenings on Earth]:
      Su presencia, su fragilidad, su espantosa soberanía, a algunos les sirve de acicate o de recordatorio.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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