aceite

Meaning

aceitar

  1. (transitive) to oil
  2. (Latin-America, transitive) to bribe

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
a‧cei‧te
Pronounced as (IPA)
/aˈθeite/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish azeyte (cf. Ladino azeyte), from Arabic الزَّيْت (az-zayt, “oil”) via Andalusian Arabic, cognate with Hebrew זית (záyit, “olive”).

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