jacal

jacal
jacal (Del nahua xacalli). m. Hond. y Méx. Especie de choza.

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  • Jacal — se refiere a la vivienda de origen indígena en Mesoamérica, hoy en día se asocia a la vivienda más humilde. Se cree que el vocablo proviene de la raíz náhuatl Xamitl (adobe) y Calli (casa). El término se refiere al tipo de vivienda de los pobres …   Wikipedia Español

  • Jacal — Ja*cal (h[aum]*k[aum]l ; 239), n. [Amer. Sp., fr. Mex. xacalli.] In Mexico and the southwestern United States, a kind of plastered house or hut, usually made by planting poles or timber in the ground, filling in between them with screen work or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • jacal — sustantivo masculino 1. Uso/registro: coloquial. Origen: Guatemala, México. Choza o casa humilde …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • jacal — ☆ jacal [hä käl′ ] n. pl. jacales [häkä′lās] or jacals [AmSp < Nahuatl xacalli, contr. < xamitl calli, adobe house] a hut in Mexico and the Southwest, with walls of close set wooden stakes plastered with mud and roofed with straw, rushes,… …   English World dictionary

  • Jacal — The jacal is an adobe style housing structure historically found throughout parts of the south western United States and Mexico. The structure was employed by Native people of the Americans prior to European colonization and was later employed by …   Wikipedia

  • jacal — ► sustantivo masculino México, Venezuela Choza o casa humilde. * * * jacal (del nahua «xacalli», casa de adobes; Hispam.) m. *Choza o casa miserable. * * * jacal. (Del nahua xacalli). m. Hond. y Méx. Especie de choza …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • jacal — {{#}}{{LM J46789}}{{〓}} {{[}}jacal{{]}} ‹ja·cal› {{《}}▍ s.m.{{》}} {{♂}}En zonas del español meridional,{{♀}} choza …   Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos

  • jacal — noun (plural jacales; also jacals) Etymology: Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl xahcalli Date: 1838 a hut in Mexico and southwestern United States with a thatched roof and walls made of upright poles or sticks covered and chinked with mud or clay …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • jacal — /heuh kahl , hah /, n., pl. jacales / kah lays, layz/, jacals. (in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico) a hut with a thatched roof and walls consisting of thin stakes driven into the ground close together and plastered with mud. [1830 40, Amer.; …   Universalium

  • jacal — noun /həˈkɑːl/ a wattle and mud hut common in Mexico and the south western US , 1992: A few jacales of brush and mud with brush roofs and a pole corral where five scrubby horses with big heads stood looking solemnly at the horses passing in the… …   Wiktionary

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