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Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Morelos Nahuatl tzapalotl (“banana”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θapaˈlote/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /sapaˈlote/
- Rhymes: -ote
- Syllabification: za‧pa‧lo‧te
Noun
zapalote m (plural zapalotes)
- (Mexico) a kind of banana (clarification of this definition is needed)
1826, Francisco Saviero Clavigero, Historia antigua de Megico, Londres: R. Ackermann, page 19:La mayor que es el zapalote, tiene de quince a veinte pulgadas de largo, y hasta tres de diametro. Es duro y poco estimado, y solo se come asado o cocido.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (Mexico) maguey
- (Guatemala) a kind of maize (clarification of this definition is needed)
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