chacal
Spanish, noun/t͡ʃaˈkal/
chacal is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “jackal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mamífero omnívoro de tamaño mediano del género Canis, parecido al lobo, nativo de partes tropicales del viejo…”.
What does chacal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinejackal
- 2
masculineslanghoodlum
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mamífero omnívoro de tamaño mediano del género Canis, parecido al lobo, nativo de partes tropicales del viejo mundo. 2. Individuo cruel y violento. 3. Dícese del hombre heterosexual que mantiene una relación sexual o amorosa a escondidas con un hombre homosexual.
adjective: 1. De poca calidad, estéticamente desagradable. 2. Genial, admirable o magnífico.
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 chacal
- chacales plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chacal?
- /t͡ʃaˈkal/
- [t͡ʃaˈkal]
- Spain [t͡ʃaˈkal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chacal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chacal in Spanish?
chacal 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).