Etymology

mecate

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Today it means: A rope of hair or maguey fibre, for tying horses, etc. Full definition →

Spanish mecate ← Nahuan
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  1. Nahuan · derived from
  2. Spanish · borrowed frommecate
  3. English todaymecate

Borrowed from Spanish mecate, from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl mecatl.

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