mapache

== Galician == === Etymology === From Classical Nahuatl māpach, māpachin (“raccoon, thief”), from māpachoā (“to seize, lay hold”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /maˈpat͡ʃe/ [maˈpa̠.t͡ʃɪ] Rhymes: -atʃe Hyphenation: ma‧pa‧che === Noun === mapache m (plural mapaches) (zoology) raccoon (nocturnal omnivore living in Northern America) Synonym: osiño lavador === Further reading === mapache on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia gl == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl māpach, māpachin (“raccoon, thief”), from māpachoā (“to seize, lay hold”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /maˈpat͡ʃe/ [maˈpa.t͡ʃe] Rhymes: -atʃe Syllabification: ma‧pa‧che === Noun === mapache m (plural mapaches) (zoology) raccoon (nocturnal omnivore living in Northern America) Synonym: oso lavador (politics, Mexico) electoral thief or fraudster [from early 1990s] ==== Descendants ==== → Basque: mapatxe === Further reading === mapache on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es “mapache”, 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 “mapache”, in Diccionario histórico de la lengua española [Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2013, →ISSN