paliacate
Spanish
Etymology
From Classical Nahuatl pal (“color”) + yacatl (“nose”).
Noun
paliacate m (plural paliacates)
- (Mexico) a brightly colored scarf or handkerchief
- Synonym: pañoleta
Further reading
- “paliacate”, 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