esquite

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Spanish

Fried esquites are often consumed as street food.

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl izquitl (“cooked maize”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈkite/
  • Rhymes: -ite
  • Syllabification: es‧qui‧te

Noun

esquite m (plural esquites)

  1. (usually in the plural, Mexico) a saladlike dish of boiled or fried corn kernels seasoned with epazote

References

  • Carlos Montemayor et al. (2009) Diccionario del náhuatl en el español de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

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