zacate
Spanish, noun
zacate is spelled Z-A-C-A-T-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 85,557th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zacate is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “grass; forage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, zácate is a different word: “get outta here! (indicating disbelief)”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pastura”.
What does zacate mean in English?
noun
- 1
Mexicomasculinegrass; forage
- 2
Mexicocolloquialmasculinehay
- 3
Mexicocolloquialmasculinescourer
- 4
colloquialmasculinemarijuana
interjection
- 1
colloquialget outta here! (indicating disbelief)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pastura. 2. Pasto.
interjection: 1. Se usa para expresar un ataque violento repentino que alguien sufre, generalmente debido a un golpe recibido.
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 zacate
- zacates plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to zacate
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zacate in Spanish?
zacate appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).