chal
Spanish, noun/ˈt͡ʃal/
chal is spelled C-H-A-L (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 54,064th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chal is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “shawl (square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, and shoulders)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Prenda de vestir femenina, que consiste en un rectángulo de tela ligera que se echa sobre los hombros”.
What does chal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshawl (square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, and shoulders)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Prenda de vestir femenina, que consiste en un rectángulo de tela ligera que se echa sobre los hombros.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of chal
- chales plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chal?
- /ˈt͡ʃal/
- [ˈt͡ʃal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chal in Spanish?
chal appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).