tetelque
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Pipil tetelquic (“rough”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]tetelque m or f (masculine and feminine plural tetelques)
- (colloquial, El Salvador, of food, especially an unripe fruit) bitter
- Este mango está tetelque porque aún está verde.
- This mango is bitter because it's still unripe.
Further reading
[edit]- “tetelque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- tetelque | Diccionario de americanismos | ASALE
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