esquite
Spanish
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Fried esquites are often consumed as street food.
Etymology
From Classical Nahuatl izquitl (“cooked maize”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈkite/, [esˈkit̪e]
Noun
esquite m (plural esquites)
References
- Carlos Montemayor et al. (2009) Diccionario del náhuatl en el español de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
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