Jacal

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 2 Spanish 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Synonyms 2.4 See also

English

Etymology

Spanish jacal

Pronunciation

IPA: /hə'kɑ:l/

Noun

jacal (plural jacales)

1. a wattle-and-mud hut common in Mexico and the south-western US

   • 1992: A few jacales of brush and mud with brush roofs and a pole corral where five scrubby horses with big heads stood looking solemnly at the horses passing in the road. — Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses

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Spanish

Etymology

Nahuatl xacalli, a contraction of xamitl calli ‘adobe house’.

Pronunciation

IPA: /xakal/

Noun

jacal m

1. (Mexico) hut; hovel; shack, jacal

Synonyms

• cabaña f.
• casucha f.
• choza f.

See also

• champa f.