jacal
Spanish, noun/xaˈkal/
jacal is spelled J-A-C-A-L (5 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Spanish, the 165,375th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jacal is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “jacal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Alojamiento rústico fabricado con adobe y otros materiales orgánicos”.
What does jacal mean in English?
noun
- 1
Mexicomasculinejacal
- 2
Mexicomasculinehut, hovel, shack
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Alojamiento rústico fabricado con adobe y otros materiales orgánicos.
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 jacal
- jacales plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jacal?
- /xaˈkal/
- [xaˈkal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to jacal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jacal in Spanish?
jacal appears about once in every 20 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).