esquite

Meaning

a saladlike dish of boiled or fried corn kernels seasoned with epazote

Concepts

popcorn

🍿

popped corn

Synonyms

cancha

pop

palomitas de maíz

pochoclo

🍿

roseta

🏵️

cotufa

🍿

millo

cocaleca

🍿

poporópos

cabrita

maíz pira

poporopo

🍿

pipoca

🍿

pururú

🍿

rosita

canguil

🍿

tostones

crispeta

🍿

Translations

Popcorn

🍿

Puffmais

🍿

pop-corn

🍿

maïs éclaté

🍿

maïs soufflé

🍿

gepofte maïs

pof-maïs

pipoca

🍿

patlamış mısır

Hyphenated as

es‧qui‧te

Pronounced as (IPA)

/esˈkite/

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl: izquitl

In summary

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl izquitl (“cooked maize”).