bananal

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish banano

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Spanish -al

Spanish bananal

From banano + -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /banaˈnal/ [ba.naˈnal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ba‧na‧nal

Noun

bananal m (plural bananales)

1. banana plantation
   • 2018 September, “None”, in La Prensa‎^[1]:

     Gustavo Padilla, oriundo de los bananales de Changuinola.

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Further reading

• “bananal”, 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