Masculine

zacate

Meaning

  1. (California, Central-America, Mexico, Philippines, Texas, masculine) grass; forage
  2. (Mexico, colloquial, masculine) hay
  3. (Mexico, colloquial, masculine) scourer
  4. (El-Salvador, colloquial, masculine) marijuana

Hyphenated as
za‧ca‧te
Pronounced as (IPA)
/θaˈkate/
Etymology

In summary

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

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