comal

From Mexican Spanish comal, from Classical Nahuatl comālli.

comal (plural comals or comales)

1. A flat, pan-like clay or metal griddle used to cook tortillas or other foods.
   • 2023 July 7, Rick A. Martínez, “For the Best Tortillas (and Gorditas and Tetelas), You Need Fresh Masa”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     A freshly ground masa tortilla, as it cooks on a comal, inflates as the steam inside pushes apart the sides and releases an intoxicating toasted corn aroma.

• tenamaste

• Colma, OCaml, cloam

coma +‎ -al

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuˈmal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [koˈmal]

comal m (plural comals)

1. coombe (u-shaped valley between mountains)

• comalada

• “comal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl comālli.

• IPA^(key): /koˈmal/ [koˈmal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: co‧mal

comal m (plural comales)

1. (Central America, Mexico) comal

   Synonym: budare

• tenamaste

• “comal”, 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

Cf. Classical Nahuatl comalli.

comal

1. comal (griddle)

• Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de los municipios de Zacatlán, Tepetzintla y Ahuacatlán‎^[2] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., 2006, page 17