tlaxcalteca
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tlaxcaltēcatl (“inhabitant of Tlaxcala”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tlaskalˈteka/ [t̪las.kal̪ˈt̪e.ka], /tlaɡskalˈteka/ [t̪laɣ̞s.kal̪ˈt̪e.ka]
- Rhymes: -eka
- Syllabification: tlax‧cal‧te‧ca
Adjective
tlaxcalteca m or f (masculine and feminine plural tlaxcaltecas)
Noun
tlaxcalteca m or f by sense (plural tlaxcaltecas)
- native or inhabitant of the state of Tlaxcala, Mexico
Related terms
Further reading
- “tlaxcalteca”, 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