jitomate

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl xitomātl, from xictli (“navel”) + tomātl (“tomato”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xitoˈmate/ [xi.t̪oˈma.t̪e]
(Castilian)
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ate
Syllabification: ji‧to‧ma‧te

Noun

jitomate m (plural jitomates)

(Mexico) tomato (usually red)
Synonym: tomate

Further reading

“jitomate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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