chahuital

From chahuite +‎ -al, from Nahuatl chiahuitl, chahuitl chiachuitl, quiyahuitl.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃawiˈtal/ [t͡ʃa.wiˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: cha‧hui‧tal

chahuital m (plural chahuitales)

1. (colloquial, Guatemala, El Salvador) a muddy place; morass, mire, mudhole

   Synonyms: chagüite, chagüital, lodazal

• “chahuital”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010