asteca

Catalan

Adjective

asteca m or f (masculine and feminine plural asteques)

1. Aztec

Noun

asteca m or f by sense (plural asteques)

1. Aztec

Further reading

• “asteca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “asteca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “asteca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “asteca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• azteca, asteque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish azteca, from Classical Nahuatl aztēcah (“inhabitants of Aztlán”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /asˈtɛ.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /asˈtɛ.kɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʃˈtɛ.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /asˈtɛ.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐʃˈtɛ.kɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
• Hyphenation: as‧te‧ca

Noun

asteca m or f by sense (plural astecas)

1. Aztec (any of the Nahua people of central Mexico, especially the Mexica)
2. Aztec; Nahuatl (Uto-Aztecan language of the Nahua)

Adjective

asteca m or f (plural astecas, not comparable)

1. Aztec; Aztecan (of or relating to the Nahua or Mexica people)
2. Aztec; Aztecan; Nahuatl (of or relating to the Nahuatl language)

   Synonym: nauatle

Derived terms

• astequismo

See also

• nauatle, mexica

Further reading

• “asteca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “asteca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025