zacatal

Spanish

Etymology

From zacate +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θakaˈtal/ [θa.kaˈt̪al]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /sakaˈtal/ [sa.kaˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: za‧ca‧tal

Noun

zacatal m (plural zacatales)

1. (Central America, Mexico, Philippines) grassland, pasture

   Synonym: pastizal

Further reading

• “zacatal”, 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