barrizal

Spanish

Etymology

From barro (“mud”) +‎ -al. The particle -z- is an interfix and lacks semantical meaning.

Noun

barrizal m (plural barrizales)

1. 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.

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Related terms

• barro

 

Further reading

• “barrizal”, 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