alcornocal
Spanish
Etymology
From alcornoque + -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alkoɾnoˈkal/ [al.koɾ.noˈkal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: al‧cor‧no‧cal
Noun
alcornocal m (plural alcornocales)
- a grove of cork oak trees
- 2017 May 26, “De la comunal y otros demonios”, in El Nacional[1]:
- Zamuros de la Barrosa salgan del alcornocal que al Diablo lo cogió el día queriéndome atropellar.
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Further reading
- “alcornocal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024