yucal

Spanish

Etymology

From yuca +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ʝuˈkal/ [ɟ͡ʝuˈkal]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʝuˈkal/ [ɟ͡ʝuˈkal]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃuˈkal/ [ʃuˈkal]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒuˈkal/ [ʒuˈkal]

• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: yu‧cal

Noun

yucal m (plural yucales)

1. piece of land cultivating yucca

Further reading

• “yucal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16