nixquear

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Nahuatl nextli (ash) + Nahuatl quetza (maintain).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /niʃkeˈaɾ/ [niʃ.keˈaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: nix‧que‧ar

Verb

nixquear (first-person singular present nixqueo, first-person singular preterite nixqueé, past participle nixqueado)

  1. (Honduras) to cook corn with ash to prepare tortillas

Conjugation

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