acial

Spanish

Etymology

From earlier aciar, from Andalusian Arabic الزِيَار (az-ziyār), from Arabic زِيَار (ziyār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aˈθjal/ [aˈθjal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aˈsjal/ [aˈsjal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: a‧cial

Noun

acial m (plural aciales) (farriery)

1. barnacle, twitch, a kind of pincers or vise to fix the mouth of a horse or similar animals to yield the opportunity of surgery twitch
2. riding crop, a short whip for goading

   Synonyms: fusta, látigo

Further reading

• “acial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10