mapache

Galician

mapache

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl māpach, māpachin (“raccoon, thief”), from māpachoā (“to seize, lay hold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɐˈpat͡ʃɪ/

Noun

mapache m (plural mapaches)

1. (zoology) raccoon (nocturnal omnivore living in Northern America)

   Synonym: osiño lavador

Further reading

• mapache on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gl

Spanish

mapache

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl māpach, māpachin (“raccoon, thief”), from māpachoā (“to seize, lay hold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈpat͡ʃe/ [maˈpa.t͡ʃe]
• Rhymes: -atʃe
• Syllabification: ma‧pa‧che

Noun

mapache m (plural mapaches)

1. (zoology) raccoon (nocturnal omnivore living in Northern America)

   Synonym: oso lavador

2. (politics, Mexico) electoral thief or fraudster

Descendants

• → Basque: mapatxe

Further reading

• “mapache”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• mapache on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es