jícara

See also: jicara

Spanish

Decorated, hand-made jícaras (2) from the Mexican state of Tabasco.

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl xīcalli.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxikaɾa/ [ˈxi.ka.ɾa]
Rhymes: -ikaɾa
Syllabification: jí‧ca‧ra

Noun

jícara f (plural jícaras)

a small faience container used to serve hot chocolate or other hot beverages
(Latin America) a small, woody container, typically made from the fruit of the calabash tree (Crescentia cujete) or Mexican calabash (Crescentia alata) and used (especially in rural Mexico) to serve hot food in order to preserve its temperature
(Mexico, Central America, Philippines) calabash
(El Salvador, Nicaragua, colloquial) head
(Spain) Part, or square, of a flat chocolate bar, which can be broken off easily (especially in Andalusia and Murcia)

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Catalan: xicra
→ English: jicara
→ Portuguese: xícara
→ Sicilian: cìcara

Further reading

“jícara”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
jícara (vasija) on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es
jícara (electricidad) on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

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