mazacote

Spanish

Alternative forms

  • masacote (Latin America)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian marzacotto (second element influenced by cotto (“cooked”)), from Arabic مَسْحَقُونِيَّا (masḥaqūniyyā), from Classical Syriac ܡܫܚ ܩܘܢܝܐ (məšaḥ qūnyā, “ointment of sosa”), from ܡܫܚ (məšaḥ, “salve, unguent”) (from ܡܫܚ (məšaḥ, “to anoint”); see Hebrew מָשַׁח (māšaḥ, “to anoint”)) + Ancient Greek κονία (konía, “dust, ashes”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maθaˈkote/ [ma.θaˈko.t̪e] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /masaˈkote/ [ma.saˈko.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -ote
  • Syllabification: ma‧za‧co‧te

Noun

mazacote m (plural mazacotes)

  1. concrete
  2. (botany) barilla (Soda inermis, syn. Salsola soda)
  3. a crude work of art
  4. (colloquial) dry, hard food
  5. (colloquial) annoying person

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “massicot”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

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