pretal

Spanish

Etymology

Metathesis of petral. Compare similar occurrence in pretil, apretar, pretina. Doublet of pectoral.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾeˈtal/ [pɾeˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: pre‧tal

Noun

pretal m (plural pretales)

1. (horse tack) breastplate

Further reading

• “pretal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28