mazacuata
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl mazācōātl.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maθaˈkwata/ [ma.θaˈkwa.t̪a] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /masaˈkwata/ [ma.saˈkwa.t̪a] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -ata
- Syllabification: ma‧za‧cua‧ta
Noun
mazacuata f (plural mazacuatas)
- (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua) Mexican boa constrictor (scientific name Boa imperator)
- (colloquial, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) penis
Alternative forms
- mazacuate
Further reading
- “mazacuata”, 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
- “mazacuata”, 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