ayote
Spanish, noun/aˈʝote/
ayote is spelled A-Y-O-T-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish, the 197,982nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ayote is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “winter squash, pumpkin, cushaw, squash, cushaw pumpkin, Japanese pie pumpkin (Cucurbita argyrosperma)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Cucurbita moschata o Cucurbita argyrosperma) Planta de la familia de las cucurbitáceas, cuyo fruto alargado…”.
What does ayote mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewinter squash, pumpkin, cushaw, squash, cushaw pumpkin, Japanese pie pumpkin (Cucurbita argyrosperma)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Cucurbita moschata o Cucurbita argyrosperma) Planta de la familia de las cucurbitáceas, cuyo fruto alargado y carnoso, de color naranja, es apreciado en gastronomía. Originario de Sudamérica, se cultiva extensamente en todo el globo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ayote
- ayotes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ayote?
- /aˈʝote/
- [aˈʝo.t̪e]
- [aˈʝot̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ayote in Spanish?
ayote appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).