macal
Spanish, noun/maˈkal/
macal is spelled M-A-C-A-L (5 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written Spanish, the 208,740th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Macal is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “malanga, Xanthosoma” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Terreno cubierto de maquis (Aristotelia chilensis)”.
What does macal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemalanga, Xanthosoma
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Terreno cubierto de maquis (Aristotelia chilensis).
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 macal
- macales plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce macal?
- /maˈkal/
- [maˈkal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to macal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is macal in Spanish?
macal appears about once in every 34 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).