tecolote
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tecolōtl.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tecolote m (plural tecolotes)
- (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, New Mexico) owl
- Synonym: búho
- (colloquial, dated, Mexico) policeman
Further reading[edit]
- “tecolote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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