zacate

From Philippine Spanish zacate, from Mexican Spanish, from Classical Nahuatl zacatl (“dry weeds or grass; fodder, forage”), from Uto-Aztecan *saka-t.

zacate (uncountable)

1. Swamp ricegrass, Leersia hexandra, a grass cultivated for green forage.

From Classical Nahuatl zacatl (“dry weeds or grass; fodder, forage”), from Uto-Aztecan *saka-t.

• (non-Castilian) IPA^(key): /sa.ˈka.te/
• See also: sácate

zacate m (plural zacates)

1. (Mexico, Central America, Philippines, California, Texas) grass; forage
2. (Mexico, colloquial) hay
3. (Mexico, colloquial) scourer

• (grass): pasto m, césped m, grama f
• (hay): paja f, heno m
• (scourer): estropajo m

• zacatero m
• zacatal m

• Zacatecas
• zacatecano
• zacatuche

• azteca