temazcal
Spanish
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl temāzcalli (“sweat lodge, sweat bath”), from tēma (“to pour, bathe by pouring”) + calli (“house, structure”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /temaθˈkal/ [t̪e.maθˈkal]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /temasˈkal/ [t̪e.masˈkal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: te‧maz‧cal
Noun
[edit]temazcal m (plural temazcales)
- (El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico) a sweat lodge, traditionally one made from adobe bricks
- Synonym: baño de vapor
See also
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Further reading
[edit]- “temazcal”, 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
Categories:
- Spanish terms borrowed from Classical Nahuatl
- Spanish terms derived from Classical Nahuatl
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/al
- Rhymes:Spanish/al/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Salvadorian Spanish
- Guatemalan Spanish
- Mexican Spanish
- es:Bathing
- es:Buildings and structures