Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mecate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mecate
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rope of hair or maguey fibre, for tying horses, etc.

American usage

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mecate, from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl mecatl.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: mecate

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

mecates (plural)

Questions

What does mecate mean?: A rope of hair or maguey fibre, for tying horses, etc.
Where does mecate come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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