nagual
Spanish, noun/naˈɡwal/
nagual is spelled N-A-G-U-A-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish, the 182,048th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nagual is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “alternative form of nahual” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona con el poder sobrenatural de adoptar la forma de un animal”.
What does nagual mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of nahual
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Persona con el poder sobrenatural de adoptar la forma de un animal. 2. En las creencias mesoamericanas, animal con el que una persona esta ligada espiritual o simbólicamente.
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 nagual
- naguales plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nagual?
- /naˈɡwal/
- [naˈɣ̞wal]
- [naɣ̞uˈal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is nagual in Spanish?
nagual appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).