pencazal

Spanish

Etymology

From pencazo (“blow or a lot”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /penkaˈθal/ [pẽŋ.kaˈθal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /penkaˈsal/ [pẽŋ.kaˈsal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: pen‧ca‧zal

Noun

pencazal m (plural pencazales)

1. (colloquial, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras) a lot

Further reading

• “pencazal”, 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
• pencazal | Diccionario de americanismos | ASALE