pinacate

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl pīnacatl (“type of flightless beetle”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pinaˈkate/ [pi.naˈka.t̪e]
Rhymes: -ate
Syllabification: pi‧na‧ca‧te

Noun

pinacate m (plural pinacates)

(Mexico) pinacate beetle, stink beetle

Further reading

“pinacate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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