mapache
Galician
editEtymology
editFrom Classical Nahuatl māpach, māpachin (“raccoon, thief”), from māpachoā (“to seize, lay hold”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmapache m (plural mapaches)
- (zoology) raccoon (nocturnal omnivore living in Northern America)
- Synonym: osiño lavador
Further reading
edit- mapache on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia gl
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Classical Nahuatl māpach, māpachin (“raccoon, thief”), from māpachoā (“to seize, lay hold”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmapache m (plural mapaches)
- (zoology) raccoon (nocturnal omnivore living in Northern America)
- Synonym: oso lavador
- (politics, Mexico) electoral thief or fraudster
Descendants
edit- → Basque: mapatxe
Further reading
edit- “mapache”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- mapache on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
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- Galician terms borrowed from Classical Nahuatl
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