chipote
التعريفات والمعاني
== French ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ʃi.pɔt/
Homophones: chipotent, chipotes
=== Verb ===
chipote
inflection of chipoter:
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
second-person singular imperative
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl xixipochtic (“swollen, bulging”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈpote/ [t͡ʃiˈpo.t̪e]
Rhymes: -ote
Syllabification: chi‧po‧te
=== Noun ===
chipote m (plural chipotes)
(Mexico) bump on the head
Synonym: chichón
(by extension, informal, Mexico) bulge, lump
(Central America) slap (blow with the open hand)
Synonyms: bofetada, cachetada, manotada, manotazo
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“chipote”, 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