cacomixtle

English

Noun

cacomixtle (plural cacomixtles)

1. Alternative spelling of cacomistle.

Spanish

Alternative forms

• cacomistle

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tlahcomiztli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kakoˈmiʃtle/ [ka.koˈmiʃ.t̪le]
• Rhymes: -iʃtle
• Syllabification: ca‧co‧mix‧tle

Noun

cacomixtle m (plural cacomixtles)

1. (Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras) ring-tailed cat (Bassariscus astutus)

Further reading

• “cacomixtle”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “cacomixtle”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010