mezquital

Spanish

Alternative forms

• mesquital (Mexico)

Etymology

From mezquite +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /meθkiˈtal/ [meθ.kiˈt̪al]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /meskiˈtal/ [mes.kiˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: mez‧qui‧tal

Noun

mezquital m (plural mezquitales)

1. mesquite grove

Further reading

• “mezquital”, 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