acahual

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl acahualli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akaˈwal/ [a.kaˈwal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: a‧ca‧hual

Noun

acahual m (plural acahuales)

1. (Mexico) any ruderal herb or shrub

Further reading

• “acahual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “acahual”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• “acahual”, in Diccionario del español de México [Dictionary of the Spanish of Mexico] (in Spanish), second edition, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua [Mexican Academy of the Tongue], 2019
• “acahual”, in Tesoro de los diccionarios históricos de la lengua española [Thesaurus of the Historical Dictionaries of the Spanish Language], Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2021