percal
Spanish, noun/peɾˈkal/
percal is spelled P-E-R-C-A-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 70,049th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Percal is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “percale” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tela fina de algodón o poliéster usada para indumentaria y ropa blanca, de escaso precio”.
What does percal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepercale
- 2
masculineshebang, event, thing
- 3
masculinefeint of the cape
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tela fina de algodón o poliéster usada para indumentaria y ropa blanca, de escaso precio. 2. Figuradamente, calidad o condición de una persona. 3. Capote largo que usan los matadores para la lidia.
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 percal
- percales plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce percal?
- /peɾˈkal/
- [peɾˈkal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to percal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is percal in Spanish?
percal appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).