yagual

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Nahuatl yahualli.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ʝaˈɡwal/ [ɟ͡ʝaˈɣ̞wal]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʝaˈɡwal/ [ɟ͡ʝaˈɣ̞wal]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃaˈɡwal/ [ʃaˈɣ̞wal]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒaˈɡwal/ [ʒaˈɣ̞wal]

• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ya‧gual

Noun

yagual m (plural yaguales)

1. (Central America, Mexico) circular thick ring, typically of cloth, used to hold a weight on one's head

   Synonym: rodete

Further reading

• “yagual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28