acal

See also: açâl and -acal

Spanish

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl ācalli (“boat, canoe”), from ātl (“water”) + calli (“structure”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈkal/
Rhymes: -al

Noun

acal m (plural acales)

(dialectal, Mexico) canoe
(dialectal, Puebla, Mexico) manger

Synonyms

(canoe): canoa f
(manger): pesebre m

References

“acal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Carlos Montemayor et al. (2009) Diccionario del náhuatl en el español de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, page 19

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