ayate - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Pronunciation
  • 1.3 Noun
  • 1.4 See also
  • 1.5 References
  • 1.6 Further reading

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Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl āyātl (“cloth or cloak made from maguey fiber”).

• IPA(key): /aˈʝate/ [aˈʝa.t̪e]

• IPA(key): /aˈʝate/ [aˈʝa.t̪e] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)

• IPA(key): /aˈʃate/ [aˈʃa.t̪e] (Buenos Aires and environs)

• IPA(key): /aˈʒate/ [aˈʒa.t̪e] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -ate

• Syllabification: a‧ya‧te

ayate m (plural ayates)

1. (Mexico) a cloth made from the fiber of the maguey plant, similar to henequen or sisal
2. (historical) a cloak-like garment made from this cloth

• tilma
• Carlos Montemayor et al. (2009), Diccionario del náhuatl en el español de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, page 30
• “ayate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

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