cajete
Spanish, noun/kaˈxete/
cajete is spelled C-A-J-E-T-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 56 million words in written Spanish, the 262,932nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cajete is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a bowl, basin or similar container” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hoyo, por lo general más ancho que hondo, que se hace en la tierra al pie de las plantas o para plantar”.
What does cajete mean in English?
noun
- 1
Mexicomasculinea bowl, basin or similar container
- 2
Mexicomasculinean unglazed clay pot used in cooking
- 3
Mexicomasculinea hole made to plant a seed, plant, sapling, etc.
- 4
masculinea tub; washtub
noun
- 1
Mexicomasculinemolcajete
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hoyo, por lo general más ancho que hondo, que se hace en la tierra al pie de las plantas o para plantar. 2. Cerco, por lo general bajo, que se coloca alrededor de las plantas o de los árboles para darles protección.
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 cajete
- cajetes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cajete?
- /kaˈxete/
- [kaˈxe.t̪e]
- [kaˈxet̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cajete in Spanish?
cajete appears about once in every 56 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).