Editing Guacamole (section)

== Etymology and pronunciation ==
[[File:Guacomole.jpg|thumb|Guacamole with tortilla chips]]
The name comes from [[Classical Nahuatl]] {{lang|nah|āhuacamōlli}} {{IPA|nah|aːwakaˈmoːlːi|}}, which literally translates to 'avocado sauce', from ''āhuacatl''<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thoughtco.com/is-the-g-in-guacamole-silent-3079533 |title=How to Pronounce "Guacamole" in Spanish |work=ThoughtCo |access-date=August 20, 2018}}</ref> {{IPA|nah|aːˈwakat͡ɬ|}} 'avocado' + ''mōlli'' {{IPA|nah|ˈmoːlːi|}} 'sauce' or '[[Mole (sauce)|mole]]'.<ref name="zeldes" /> In [[Mexican Spanish]], it is pronounced {{IPA|es|wakaˈmole|}}.<ref>{{cite book|editor=Claudia R. Guerra|title=300 Years of San Antonio and Bexar County|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6ilbDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT55|year=2018|publisher=Trinity University Press|location=San Antonio, TX|isbn=9781595348500|page=55}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=Maria de Lourdes Santiago Martínez|author2=Juan López Chávez|title=Etimologías: introducción a la historia del léxico español|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lKuajvrBhzsC&pg=PA241|year=2004|publisher=Pearson Educación|isbn=9789702604938|page=241}}</ref> In American English, it tends to be pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˌ|ɡ|w|ɑː|k|ə|ˈ|m|oʊ|l|iː}}.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/american_english/guacamole | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003032429/http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/american_english/guacamole | archive-date=2013-10-03 | title=Guacamole: Definition of guacamole in Oxford dictionary (American English) }}</ref> British English also uses this pronunciation, but {{IPAc-en|ˌ|g|w|ɑː|k|ə|ˈ|m|əʊ|l|eɪ}} is more common.<ref>{{cite web |title=Definition of guacamole in English by Oxford Dictionaries |url=http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/guacamole |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712103302/http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/guacamole |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 12, 2012 |website=Oxford Dictionaries English |access-date=21 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://lifebyyou.com/us/detroit/food/guac/rock-your-guac-2018.html|title=Etymology|access-date=August 12, 2018}}</ref>