chiltepe
English
Noun
chiltepe (plural chiltepes)
- A chiltepin.
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Classical Nahuatl chīlli + tecpintli.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃilˈtepe/ [t͡ʃil̪ˈt̪e.pe]
- Rhymes: -epe
- Syllabification: chil‧te‧pe
Noun
chiltepe m (plural chiltepes)
- (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua) Capsicum frutescens, or its fruit
Further reading
- “chiltepe”, 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
- “chiltepe”, 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