pencazal
Spanish
Etymology
From pencazo (“blow or a lot”) + -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /penkaˈθal/ [pẽŋ.kaˈθal] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /penkaˈsal/ [pẽŋ.kaˈsal] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: pen‧ca‧zal
Noun
pencazal m (plural pencazales)
- (colloquial, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras) a lot
Further reading
- “pencazal”, 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
- “pencazal”, 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