jacal

English · Español · Français

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

jacal

/həˈkɑːl/

Rhymes with -ɑːl

Where it comes from

From Mexican Spanish jacal, from Nahuatl xacalli.

noun jacals · jacales

A wattle-and-mud hut common in Mexico and the southwestern US. The leaning jacal of dried rush-withes and corn sheaves, bound to tall saplings thrust into the earth, roofed with yellowed maguey leaves flattened and overlapping like shingles, hunched drowsy and fragrant in the warmth of noonday.

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"jacal." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/jacal. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

jacal. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/jacal

Chicago

"jacal." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/jacal.

BibTeX

@misc{jacal_2026,
  title = {jacal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jacal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}