pretal

Spanish

Etymology

Metathesis of petral. Compare similar occurrence in pretil, apretar, pretina. Doublet of pectoral.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾeˈtal/ [pɾeˈt̪al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: pre‧tal

Noun

pretal m (plural pretales)

  1. (horse tack) breastplate

Further reading

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