zacate

== English == === Etymology === From Philippine Spanish zacate, from Mexican Spanish zacate, from Classical Nahuatl zacatl (“dry weeds or grass; fodder, forage”), from Uto-Aztecan *saka-t. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /zəˈkɑːteɪ/ === Noun === zacate (uncountable) Swamp ricegrass, Leersia hexandra, a grass cultivated for green forage. == Chavacano == === Etymology === Inherited from Spanish zacate, from Classical Nahuatl zacatl. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /saˈkate/, [saˈka.t̪e] Hyphenation: za‧ca‧te === Noun === zacate grass == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl zacatl (“dry weeds or grass; fodder, forage”), from Uto-Aztecan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /θaˈkate/ [θaˈka.t̪e] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /saˈkate/ [saˈka.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -ate Syllabification: za‧ca‧te === Noun === zacate m (plural zacates) (Mexico, Central America, Philippines, California, New Mexico, Texas) grass; forage Synonyms: pasto, césped, grama (Mexico, colloquial) hay Synonyms: paja, heno (Mexico, colloquial) scourer Synonym: estropajo (El Salvador, colloquial) marijuana Synonym: marihuana ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Chavacano: zacate → Cebuano: sakate → Tagalog: sakate === Further reading === “zacate”, 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 Abella, Venancio María de (1874), Vade-Mecum Filipino ó manual de la conversacion familiar Español-Tagalog. Seguido de un curioso Vocabulario de Modismos Manileños., 12.ᵃ edition (overall work in Philippine Spanish and Tagalog), Escolta, Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, á cargo de C. Miralles., page 124 === Anagrams === azteca