temazcal
Spanish, noun/temaθˈkal/
temazcal is spelled T-E-M-A-Z-C-A-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 126,596th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Temazcal is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a sweat lodge, traditionally one made from adobe bricks” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Baño de vapor tomado en el temazcal₁”.
What does temazcal mean in English?
noun
- 1
Mexicomasculinea sweat lodge, traditionally one made from adobe bricks
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 (Foto arriba) en El Salvador en habitaciones de los antiguos Mayas. 2. Baño de vapor tomado en el temazcal₁.
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 temazcal
- temazcales plural
- temascal alternative
- temescal alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce temazcal?
- /temaθˈkal/
- [t̪e.maθˈkal]
- /temasˈkal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is temazcal in Spanish?
temazcal appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).