nopal
Spanish, noun/noˈpal/
nopal is spelled N-O-P-A-L (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 40,167th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nopal is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “nopal (plant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Opuntia spp.) Cualquiera de unas 250 especies de cactus naturales del continente americano, con una…”.
What does nopal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenopal (plant)
- 2
masculinenopal (vegetable, nopal plant pads)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Opuntia spp.) Cualquiera de unas 250 especies de cactus naturales del continente americano, con una estructura caulinar formada por segmentos redondos y planos (cladodios), cubiertos de dos clases de espinas, que forman estructuras densas y enmarañadas. Se encuentran entre los más resistentes al frío de los cactos, distribuyéndose desde el Canadá hasta Argentina. Su fruto y los brotes tiernos, pe 2. Penca del nopal₁, una paleta de pulpa comestible que se desprende de la planta, con la piel verde cubierta de espinas.
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 nopal
- nopales plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nopal?
- /noˈpal/
- [noˈpal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nopal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nopal in Spanish?
nopal appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).