chichipate
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== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Nahuatl chichic (“bitter”) + patli (“medicine”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /t͡ʃit͡ʃiˈpate/ [t͡ʃi.t͡ʃiˈpa.t̪e]
Rhymes: -ate
Syllabification: chi‧chi‧pa‧te
=== Adjective ===
chichipate m or f (masculine and feminine plural chichipates)
(colloquial, El Salvador, Honduras) that gets drunk very often
Synonym: borracho
=== Noun ===
chichipate m or f (plural chichipates)
(colloquial, El Salvador, Honduras) drunkard
Synonym: borracho
=== Noun ===
chichipate m (plural chichipates)
(Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador) Acosmium panamense
=== Further reading ===
“chichipate”, 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
“chichipate”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010