mesquite
Spanish, noun/mesˈkite/
mesquite is spelled M-E-S-Q-U-I-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Spanish, the 165,375th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mesquite is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “alternative spelling of mezquite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does mesquite mean in English?
noun
- 1
Mexicomasculinealternative spelling of mezquite
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of mesquite
- mesquites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mesquite?
- /mesˈkite/
- [mesˈki.t̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mesquite in Spanish?
mesquite appears about once in every 20 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).