tetunte

== Spanish == === Etymology === From or related to Classical Nahuatl tetōntli (“small rock”). According to the DRAE, from a compound tetzontli, from Classical Nahuatl tetl (“rock”) and tzontli (“hair, head”). The word may come from an interaction between the two Nahuatl terms. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /teˈtunte/ [t̪eˈt̪ũn̪.t̪e] Rhymes: -unte Syllabification: te‧tun‧te === Noun === tetunte m (plural tetuntes) (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) piece of tile or brick (colloquial, El Salvador) head (derogatory, El Salvador) stupid person === Further reading === “tetunte”, 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