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aguacate

aguacate

1 8.8
A pear-shaped green or black fruit with soft yellow flesh and one large seed
  • noun
  • /ˌɑːɡwəˈkɑːteɪ/
  • US
translation icon : aguacate
  • In guacamole, you need to mash ripe aguacate until creamy.

Examples

  • I made a delicious salad with fresh aguacate slices on top.

  • Five years after the Witch Creek fire destroyed about 360 homes in Rancho Bernardo, neighbors on Aguacate Way have shared their feelings of luck and rebirth, according to a report in U-T San Diego.

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  • For breakfast, she enjoys spreading aguacate on her toast.

Synonyms

avocado
vsaguacate
49 1.0

A pear-shaped fruit with rough green or black skin, creamy yellow-green flesh and a large central seed

is the Spanish name for the exact same fruit
avocado pear
vsaguacate
  • Archaic
2.3

A soft fruit with rough green or dark skin, yellow-green flesh, and a large seed in the middle

is the Spanish name rather than the English compound form
alligator pear
vsaguacate
4.9

A green pear-shaped fruit with creamy yellow flesh and a large seed

is the Spanish name instead of that older English nickname

How Ripe

overripe
7 3.0
soft
552 1.0
aguacate
  • US
1 8.8
to firm
16 4.0
unripe
3 2.7

Surface Forms

aguacate singular
aguacates plural

Etymology

Aguacate comes from the Nahuatl word āhuacatl, which meant 'testicle' because the fruit's shape reminded people of that body part. That's why the same name was used for the pear-shaped fruit and why English also uses avocado.