cohete
Spanish
Alternative forms
- cuete (Latin America)
Etymology
From Catalan coet, from Old Catalan coa, from Latin cauda (“tail”). Compare English coda.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈete/ [koˈe.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ete
- Syllabification: co‧he‧te
Noun
cohete m (plural cohetes)
- firecracker
- Synonym: petardo
- rocket
- (Mexico, Uruguay) drunkenness
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera
- (San Antonio) pistol [1]
Derived terms
- cinturón cohete
- (San Antonio) cohetear
Descendants
- → Cebuano: kuwitis
- → Maguindanao: kuitis
- → Maranao: kowitis
- → Tagalog: kuwitis
References
- Gillespie-Duelos, Eduardo. (1975) A Glossary of San Antonio Jargon. American Speech, vol. 50, no. 1/2, 140–142.
Further reading
- “cohete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014