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cajete

cajete

See also: Caiete and Caiète

Spanish

Noun

cajete m (plural cajetes)

  1. (Mexico) A bowl, basin or similar container.
  2. (El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico) An unglazed clay pot used in cooking.
  3. (Mexico) A hole made to plant a seed, plant, sapling, etc.
Related terms

Etymology 2

Shortening of molcajete, or directly from Classical Nahuatl caxitl; see above.

Noun

cajete m (plural cajetes)

  1. (Sonora, Mexico) molcajete

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