chucte

Spanish

Alternative forms

• chute, shute, chupte, sucte, sute

Etymology

Borrowed from Mayan shute.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃuɡte/ [ˈt͡ʃuɣ̞.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -uɡte
• Syllabification: chuc‧te

Noun

chucte m (plural chuctes)

1. (El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico) Persea schiedeana (the tree or its fruit)

   Synonyms: chinín, pahua, coyo, yas, aguacamico, aguacate de mico, aguacate de monte

Further reading

• “chucte”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010