List of Spanish words of Nahuatl origin

List of Spanish words of Nahuatl origin

The documented Nahuatl words in the Spanish language (mostly spoken in Mexico and mesoamerica) includes an extensive list of words that represent (i) animals, (ii) plants, fruit and vegetables and (iii) foods and beverages and (iv) domestic appliances, whose termination includes the suffix "tl". It is considered that this termination had a complex pronunciation for the Spaniards who turned the different words to a "ate" ending (e.g. axolotl = Ajolote). As a general rule, a Spanish word that is animal, plant, food or home appliance, and that is widely used in Mexico and whose termintation is "ate", is highly likely to have a Nahuatl origin.

Animals

* Ajolote (Axolotl)
* Chapulín (grasshopper)
* Cênzontle
* Coyote
* Escamoles (Ant eggs)
* Guajolote (Turkey)
* Ocelote (Ocelot)
* Mayate
* Pinacate
* Quetzal
* Tacuache
* Tecolote (Owl)
* Tepezcuintle
* Tichalote
* Tlacuache (Opossum)
* Xoloitzcuintle (Mexican Hairless Dog)
* Zopilote (Vulture)

Plants, Fruits and vegetables

* Achiote
* Ahuehuete
* Amate (a variety of fig)
* Aguacate (avocado)
* Cacao
* Camote (Sweet potato)
* Cacahuate
* Chayote
* Chilacayote
* Chile Chile pepper
* Ejote (Green bean)
* Elote
* Epazote
* Huizache
* Huitlacoche
* Jinamaiste
* Mesquite
* Milpa
* Nejayote
* Nopal
* Ochote
* Ocote (a type of Pitch Pine, pinus montezumae)
* Olote
* Peyote
* Jitomate/Tomate (Tomato)
* Tepescohuite
* Tule
* Zihuapaste
* Zacate (grass)
* Zapote (Sapodilla)

Foods and drinks

* Atole
* Chocolate
* Chicle (chewing gum)
* Chipotle
* Elote (Maize)
* Guacamole
* Huaraco
* Huauzontle
* Huitlacoche
* Xoconostle
* Mezcal
* Mole
* Nanche
* Nixtamal (Hominy paste)
* Olote
* Pinole
* Pulque
* Tamal (tamale)
* Tequila
* Tejocote
* Tlacoyo
* Tlayuda

Names of places

* Mexico
* Tlaxcala
* Jalisco
* Zacatecas, possibly
* Oaxaca
* Guatemala
* Nicaragua
* and countless other cities throughout Mexico and Central America

Other, includes Home Appliances

* Ayate
* Azteca (Aztec)
* Canica (marbles)
* Cajete
* Capulín
* Chamagoso
* Chapopote
* Chiquihuite
* Copal
* Chinampa
* Comal (flat pan)
* Copal
* Cuate (fraternal twin)
* Escuincle (a child)
* Guachinango/Huachinango (red snapper)
* Huaraches
* Huipil
* Hule
* Jacal (shack)
* Jícara
* Malacate
* Mecapal
* Mecate (rope)
* Metate (grinding stones)
* Mitote
* Molcajete
* Nixtamal
* Ocote
* Otate
* Paliacate
* Papalote (kite)
* Pepenar
* Petaca
* Petate (sleeping mat of woven palm fiber)
* Peyote
* Popote (straw)
* Tenamaste
* Tepetate
* Tianguis
* Tiza

ee also

* List of English words of Spanish origin
* List of English words of Nahuatl origin
* Influences on the Spanish language
* Indigenous languages of the Americas

External links

* Wiktionary
* [http://nah.wikipedia.org Nahuatl] Wikipedia


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