malacate

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

malacate

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl malacatl (“spindle, bobbin, spiral”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /malaˈkate/ [ma.laˈka.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ate
• Syllabification: ma‧la‧ca‧te

Noun

malacate m (plural malacates)

1. (historical) a type of capstan or winch formerly used in mines to extract minerals and water

See also

• achichincle
• cabrestante

Further reading

• “malacate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025