ayate

== Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl āyātl (“cloth or cloak made from maguey fiber”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ate Syllabification: a‧ya‧te === Noun === ayate m (plural ayates) (Mexico) a cloth made from the fiber of the maguey plant, similar to henequen or sisal (historical) a cloak-like garment made from this cloth === See also === tilma === References === Carlos Montemayor et al. (2009), Diccionario del náhuatl en el español de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, page 30 === Further reading === “ayate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025