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/Sounds like "hee" (as in "he") + "toh" (as in "toll") + "MAH" (as in "mark") + "teh" (as in "ten")/

Meaning

Red tomato in Mexico, the Nahuatl word that distinguishes it from the green 'tomate' (tomatillo). In most of the Spanish-speaking world there's only one 'tomate,' but Mexico needs two words.

Examples

The salsa needs more red tomato.

Buy jitomates for the salad, the ripe ones.

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Regional synonyms

A blockhead or dimwit who makes the most basic mistakes over and over, in Spain, Argentina, and Chile. A zoquete is not just clueless once: they are consistently, reliably wrong no matter how patiently you explain things.