Meanings
plural guacamoles
- countableuncountableAn avocado-based greenish dip with onions, tomato, and spices, common to Mexican cuisine and often served with tortilla chips.
Typical Mexican food is prepared here according to ancient recipes and served in orthodox sequence, that is, guacamole at the beginning and frijoles at the end.
1942 April 5, Elizabeth Fagg, “Cafeteria in Mexico”, in The New York Times, →ISSN1 more example
The guacamole and queso fundido (melted cheese with a slathering of chorizo sausage on top, spooned onto sections of flour tortilla) are excellent, and two botanas (assortments) offer items like chalupas (small crisp tortillas) not always found on Chicago menus.
1988 June 3, Lawrence Rand, “Restaurant Tours: 21 years in a Mexican standby”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 24 Oct 2020Synonyms: guac
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn avocado-based greenish dip with onions, tomato, and spices, common to Mexican cuisine and often served with tortilla chips.
Origin
- Classical Nahuatlāhuacamōlli
- Spanishguacamole
- Englishguacamole
Borrowed from Spanish guacamole, from Classical Nahuatl āhuacamōlli (from āhuacatl (“avocado”) + mōlli (“sauce; broth”)).
More words from Spanish, Classical Nahuatl
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic غُوَّاكَامُولِي
- غُوَّاكَامُولِي (ḡuwwākāmūlī)avocado-based greenish dip
Bulgarian гуакамо́ле
- гуакамо́ле (guakamóle)avocado-based greenish dip
Chinese Cantonese 牛油果醬 /牛油果酱
- 牛油果醬 /牛油果酱 (ngau⁴ jau⁴ gwo² zoeng³)avocado-based greenish dip
Chinese Mandarin 鱷梨醬 /鳄梨酱, 酪梨醬 /酪梨酱
- 鱷梨醬 /鳄梨酱 (èlíjiàng)avocado-based greenish dip
- 酪梨醬 /酪梨酱 (luòlíjiàng)avocado-based greenish dip
Esperanto avokada kaĉo, gvakamolo
- avokada kaĉoavocado-based greenish dip
- gvakamoloavocado-based greenish dip
Finnish guacamole
- guacamoleavocado-based greenish dip
French guacamole
- guacamoleavocado-based greenish dip
German Guacamole
- Guacamoleavocado-based greenish dip
Greek γουακαμόλε
- γουακαμόλε (gouakamóle)avocado-based greenish dip
Italian guacamole
- guacamoleavocado-based greenish dip
Japanese ワカモレ
- ワカモレavocado-based greenish dip
Korean 과카몰레
- 과카몰레 (gwakamolle)avocado-based greenish dip
Māori kuakamore
- kuakamoreavocado-based greenish dip
Polish guacamole
- guacamoleavocado-based greenish dip
Portuguese guacamole
- guacamoleavocado-based greenish dip
Russian гуакамо́ле
- гуакамо́ле (guakamóle)avocado-based greenish dip
Spanish guacamole, huacamole
- guacamoleavocado-based greenish dip
- huacamoleavocado-based greenish dip
Turkish guakamole
- guakamoleavocado-based greenish dip
Ukrainian гуакамоле, ґуакамоле
- гуакамоле (huakamole)avocado-based greenish dip
- ґуакамоле (guakamole)avocado-based greenish dip
Yiddish גואַקאַמאָלע
- גואַקאַמאָלע (guakamole)avocado-based greenish dip
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with guacamole
Cite this entry
guacamole. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guacamole
“guacamole.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guacamole. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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