xocoyote

Spanish

Alternative forms

socoyote

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl xōcōyotl (“youngest child”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʃokoˈʝote/ [ʃo.koˈʝo.t̪e]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃokoˈʃote/ [ʃo.koˈʃo.t̪e]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʃokoˈʒote/ [ʃo.koˈʒo.t̪e]

Rhymes: -ote
Syllabification: xo‧co‧yo‧te

Noun

xocoyote m (plural xocoyotes)

(Mexico) the youngest child of a family
Synonym: benjamín

Further reading

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

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