ayote

Spanish

un ayote

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl ayohtli.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /aˈʝote/ [aˈʝo.t̪e]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aˈʃote/ [aˈʃo.t̪e]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aˈʒote/ [aˈʒo.t̪e]

Rhymes: -ote
Syllabification: a‧yo‧te

Noun

ayote m (plural ayotes)

(Central America) winter squash, pumpkin, cushaw, squash, cushaw pumpkin, Japanese pie pumpkin (Cucurbita argyrosperma)
Synonym: calabaza

See also

Further reading

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

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