ayote

Spanish

un ayote

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl ayohtli.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aˈʝote/ [aˈʝo.t̪e]

• 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)

1. (Central America) winter squash, pumpkin, cushaw, squash, cushaw pumpkin, Japanese pie pumpkin (Cucurbita argyrosperma)

   Synonym: calabaza

See also

• loroco
• requesón

Further reading

• “ayote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28