Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jicara

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: jicara
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cup or bowl made from the fruit of the calabash tree.

Example Sentences

"The four priests received the blood of the victim in four jicaras, or bowls, made from the shell of a certain fruit, and descending one after the other to the courtyard, sprinkled the blood with their right hands in the direction of the cardinal points."

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish jícara.

Inflected Forms

jicaras (plural)

Questions

What does jicara mean?: A cup or bowl made from the fruit of the calabash tree.
Where does jicara come from?: Borrowed from Spanish jícara.

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