tecolote

== Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tecolōtl. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tekoˈlote/ [t̪e.koˈlo.t̪e] Rhymes: -ote Syllabification: te‧co‧lo‧te === Noun === tecolote m (plural tecolotes) (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, New Mexico) owl Synonym: búho (colloquial, dated, Mexico) policeman === Further reading === “tecolote”, 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 “tecolote”, 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 “tecolote”, in Diccionario del español de México, Segunda edición, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, 2019