atole

From Spanish atole, from Classical Nahuatl ātōlli.

atole (uncountable)

1. A sweetened thick drink or thin gruel made from cornmeal, served hot
   • 1851, Mayne Reid, The Scalp Hunters‎:

     "Pan fino, pan bianco!" screams the baker; and other cries from the vendors of atole, huevos, and leche, are uttered in shrill, discordant voices.

   • 2006 January 13, David Hammond, “Beyond the Burrito, Part 2: Michoacan”, in Chicago Reader‎:

     Since the days of the Tarascans, the corn-loving folks of Michoacan have enjoyed atole, a maize-based gruel flavored with chocolate, fruit, tamarind, or herbs.

   • 2007 April 13, S. Kirk Walsh, “Festivals With a Mexican Flair”, in New York Times‎:

     Visitors can learn to make their own tortillas or sample the traditional cornmeal drink atole.

• atole on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• IPA^(key): /aˈtɔ.lɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɔlɛ
• Syllabification: a‧to‧le

atole

1. nominative plural of atol
2. accusative plural of atol
3. vocative plural of atol

atole

1. inflection of atolar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• atol (Cuba, El Salavador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Venezuela)

From Classical Nahuatl ātōlli.

• IPA^(key): /aˈtole/ [aˈt̪o.le]
• Rhymes: -ole
• Syllabification: a‧to‧le

atole m (plural atoles)

1. (Mexico) atole, a thick, sweet, corn-based drink or gruel served hot

   dar atole con el dedo

   to deceive someone with false promises

   (literally, “to feed someone atole with your finger)”)

• xocoatole

• → English: atole

• champurrado

• “atole”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014