Masculine

acicate

Meaning

  1. (masculine) spur (implement for prodding a horse)
  2. (figuratively, masculine) incentive, spur (anything that inspires or motivates)

Hyphenated as
a‧ci‧ca‧te
Pronounced as (IPA)
/aθiˈkate/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic السِّقَاط (as-siqáṭ). Compare Portuguese acicate.

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