zacatal
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θakaˈtal/ [θa.kaˈt̪al] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /sakaˈtal/ [sa.kaˈt̪al] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: za‧ca‧tal
Noun
zacatal m (plural zacatales)
- (Central America, Mexico, Philippines) grassland, pasture
- Synonym: pastizal
Further reading
- “zacatal”, 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