macal

• IPA^(key): [ˈmáː.kaɬ]

mācal (inanimate)

1. second-person singular possessive singular/plural of ācalli; (it is/they are) your boat(s)/canoe(s).

From Medieval Latin machale (“granary without roof”).

macal m (plural machël)

1. pigsty
2. muddy land
3. pool of mud

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• IPA^(key): /maˈkal/ [maˈkal]

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• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ma‧cal

macal m (plural macales)

1. malanga, Xanthosoma

   Synonym: malanga

   • 2004, Sophie D. Coe, Las primeras cocinas de América, Fondo de Cultura Económica, →ISBN, page 233:

     Lo anterior ordena que se traiga un tubérculo de macal (Xanthosoma nigrum), un aroideo americano del que podían emplearse como comestibles las hojas y los retoños, del mismo modo que sus tubérculos.

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• “macal”, 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