English

Etymology
Spanish jacal#Spanish|jacal, Turkish çakal

Pronunciation
IPA: /h�'k�:l/

Noun
jacal (plural jacales)

1. 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 road. � Cormac McCarthy?, All The Pretty Horses

Spanish

Etymology
Nahuatl xahcalli.

Pronunciation
IPA: /xakal/

Noun
jacal m

1. Mexico|lang=es hut; hovel; shack, jacal#English|jacal

Synonyms
cabaña f
casucha f
choza f

See also
champa f

Category:Spanish nouns

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