barrizal
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From barro (“mud”) + -al. The particle -z- is an interfix and lacks semantical meaning.
Noun
[edit]barrizal m (plural barrizales)
- mire (muddy area)
- 2015 August 1, “La ‘band of brothers’ liquida a la flor de la caballería”, in El País[1]:
- Los guerreros revestidos de 30 kilos de acero se frenan en el barrizal en que se ha convertido el campo pisoteado por los corceles.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “barrizal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28