ocote

English

Etymology

Spanish ocote

Noun

ocote (plural ocotes)

  1. Any of various pine trees of Latin America.

Spanish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *okotl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *wokon-ta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oˈkote/ [oˈko.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ote
  • Syllabification: o‧co‧te

Noun

ocote m (plural ocotes)

  1. (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua) any of several aromatic, resinous pine species native to Mexico and Central America, especially the Montezuma pine (Pinus montezumae)
  2. pine torch
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Quechua uquti.

Noun

ocote m (plural ocotes)

  1. (Argentina, vulgar) anus

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