guacal

• huacal

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl huacalli.

• IPA^(key): /ɡwaˈkal/ [ɡwaˈkal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: gua‧cal

guacal m (plural guacales)

1. wooden crate
2. pet carrier, crate
3. calabash tree (Crescentia cujete)
4. (Central America) tub (vessel of about equal height and width for storing or washing things in)

• “guacal”, 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
• “guacal”, 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