jícara
See also: jicara
Spanish
Decorated, hand-made jícaras (2) from the Mexican state of Tabasco.
Etymology
From Classical Nahuatl xīcalli.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxikaɾa/ [ˈxi.ka.ɾa]
- Rhymes: -ikaɾa
- Syllabification: jí‧ca‧ra
Noun
jícara f (plural jícaras)
- a small faience container used to serve hot chocolate or other hot beverages
- (Latin America) a small, woody container, typically made from the fruit of the calabash tree (Crescentia cujete) or Mexican calabash (Crescentia alata) and used (especially in rural Mexico) to serve hot food in order to preserve its temperature
- (Mexico, Central America, Philippines) calabash
- (El Salvador, Nicaragua, colloquial) head
- (Spain) Part, or square, of a flat chocolate bar, which can be broken off easily (especially in Andalusia and Murcia)
Derived terms
- jicarazo
- jícaro
Descendants
- → Catalan: xicra
- → English: jicara
- → Portuguese: xícara
- → Sicilian: cìcara
Further reading
- “jícara”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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