temascal
Spanish, noun/temasˈkal/
temascal is spelled T-E-M-A-S-C-A-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written Spanish, the 241,869th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Temascal is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “alternative spelling of temazcal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Baño de vapor tomado en el temascal₁”.
What does temascal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative spelling of temazcal
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Habitación que hace las veces de baño de vapor con agua de hierbas aromáticas, originado en las culturas de México y Centroamérica y cuyos vestigios más antiguos se hallan en las zonas arqueológicas de Palenque, Piedras Negras (Guatemala), y en Joya de Cerén. 2. Baño de vapor tomado en el temascal₁.
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 temascal
- temascales plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce temascal?
- /temasˈkal/
- [t̪e.masˈkal]
- [t̪emasˈkal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is temascal in Spanish?
temascal appears about once in every 47 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).