cacahuacintle

== Spanish == === Alternative forms === cacahuazintle, cacahuacentli === Etymology === Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl cacahuacentli (“cacao pod”), from cacahuatl (“cacao bean”) + centli, cintli (“dried maize still on the cob”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kakawaˈθintle/ [ka.ka.waˈθĩn̪.t̪le] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /kakawaˈsintle/ [ka.ka.waˈsĩn̪.t̪le] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -intle Syllabification: ca‧ca‧hua‧cin‧tle === Noun === cacahuacintle m (uncountable) (Mexico) a variety of maize with large, whitish grains, used in the making of pozole and other traditional dishes === Further reading === “cacahuacintle”, 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