cábala
See also: cabala
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin cabbala, from Hebrew קַבָּלָה (kabalá, “Jewish mysticism”, literally “something received”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkabala/ [ˈka.β̞a.la]
- Rhymes: -abala
- Syllabification: cá‧ba‧la
Noun
cábala f (plural cábalas)
- speculation, guess
- Synonyms: conjetura, suposición
- (Judaism) Kabbalah
Derived terms
Further reading
- “cábala”, 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