apante
Spanish
Etymology
From Nahuatl apantli (“channel”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈpante/ [aˈpãn̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: a‧pan‧te
Noun
apante m (plural apantes)
- (rustic, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua) an acequia; an irrigation ditch
- Synonym: acequia
Further reading
- “apante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
- “apante”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010